title: Post-translational modifications of sibling proteins and their roles in osteogenesis and dentinogenesis.
abstract: The extracellular matrix (ECM) of bone and dentin contains several non-collagenous proteins. One category of non-collagenous protein is termed the SIBLING (Small Integrin-Binding LIgand, N-linked Glycoprotein) family, that includes osteopontin (OPN), bone sialoprotein (BSP), dentin matrix protein 1 (DMP1), dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP), and matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE). These polyanionic SIBLING proteins are believed to play key biological roles in the mineralization of bone and dentin. Although the specific mechanisms involved in controlling bone and dentin formation are still unknown, it is clear that some functions of the SIBLING family members are dependent on the nature and extent of post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as phosphorylation, glycosylation, and proteolytic processing, since these PTMs would have significant effects on their structure. OPN and BSP are present in the ECM of bone and dentin as full-length forms, whereas amino acid sequencing indicates that DMP1 and DSPP exist as proteolytically processed fragments that result from scission of X-Asp bonds. We hypothesized that the processing of DMP1 and DSPP is catalyzed by the PHEX enzyme, since this protein, an endopeptidase that is predominantly expressed in bone and tooth, has a strong preference for cleavage at the NH2-terminus of aspartyl residue. We envision that the proteolytic processing of DMP1 and DSPP may be an activation process that plays a significant, crucial role in osteogenesis and dentinogenesis, and that a failure in this processing would cause defective mineralization in bone and dentin, as observed in X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Endodontics and Periodontics, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Dental Branch, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Chunlin.Qin@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Butler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003810:Dentinogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000235:genetics; D058574:Integrin-Binding Sialoprotein; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D053495:Osteopontin; D053402:PHEX Phosphate Regulating Neutral Endopeptidase; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000099311:Dentin Sialophosphoprotein
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D058574:Integrin-Binding Sialoprotein; D053495:Osteopontin; D053402:PHEX Phosphate Regulating Neutral Endopeptidase; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011506:Proteins; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D000099311:Dentin Sialophosphoprotein; C513308:Dmp1 protein, mouse; C546872:Ibsp protein, mouse; C546873:Ibsp protein, rat; C506896:Spp1 protein, mouse; C506897:Spp1 protein, rat; C506232:Phex protein, mouse; C506229:Phex protein, rat