The enamel protein amelogenin binds to the GlcNAcmimicking peptide (GMp) (Ravindranath, R. M. H., Tam

The GlcNAc-mimicking peptide failed to bind to the amelogenin trityrosyl motif peptide when the tyrosyl residues were substituted with phenylalanine or when the third proline was replaced with threonine, as in some cases of human X-linked amelogenesis imperfecta. This study documents that molecular mimicry may play a role in stability and organization of amelogenin during amelogenesis.

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Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) was expressed in CV-I (green monkey kidney) cells using a vaccinia virus transient expression system [(1986