Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (Osteoblast/osteocyte factor 45) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MEPEgene.[1][2] A conserved RGD motif is found in this protein, and this is potentially involved in integrin recognition.[3]
References
↑Rowe PS, de Zoysa PA, Dong R, Wang HR, White KE, Econs MJ, Oudet CL (1 July 2000). "MEPE, a new gene expressed in bone marrow and tumors causing osteomalacia". Genomics. 67 (1): 54–68. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6235. PMID10945470.
↑Petersen DN, Tkalcevic GT, Mansolf AL, Rivera-Gonzalez R, Brown TA (November 2000). "Identification of osteoblast/osteocyte factor 45 (OF45), a bone-specific cDNA encoding an RGD-containing protein that is highly expressed in osteoblasts and osteocytes". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (46): 36172–80. doi:10.1074/jbc.M003622200. PMID10967096.
Further reading
Quarles LD (2003). "FGF23, PHEX, and MEPE regulation of phosphate homeostasis and skeletal mineralization". Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 285 (1): E1–9. doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00016.2003. PMID12791601.
Ogbureke KU, Fisher LW (2005). "Renal expression of SIBLING proteins and their partner matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)". Kidney Int. 68 (1): 155–66. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00389.x. PMID15954904.
Ogbureke KU, Fisher LW (2004). "Expression of SIBLINGs and their partner MMPs in salivary glands". J. Dent. Res. 83 (9): 664–70. doi:10.1177/154405910408300902. PMID15329369.
Jain A, Fedarko NS, Collins MT, et al. (2004). "Serum levels of matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) in normal humans correlate with serum phosphorus, parathyroid hormone and bone mineral density". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 89 (8): 4158–61. doi:10.1210/jc.2003-032031. PMID15292364.
Nampei A, Hashimoto J, Hayashida K, et al. (2005). "Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) is highly expressed in osteocytes in human bone". J. Bone Miner. Metab. 22 (3): 176–84. doi:10.1007/s00774-003-0468-9. PMID15108058.
MacDougall M, Simmons D, Gu TT, Dong J (2003). "MEPE/OF45, a new dentin/bone matrix protein and candidate gene for dentin diseases mapping to chromosome 4q21". Connect. Tissue Res. 43 (2–3): 320–30. doi:10.1080/713713461. PMID12489176.
Argiro L, Desbarats M, Glorieux FH, Ecarot B (2001). "Mepe, the gene encoding a tumor-secreted protein in oncogenic hypophosphatemic osteomalacia, is expressed in bone". Genomics. 74 (3): 342–51. doi:10.1006/geno.2001.6553. PMID11414762.
