title: Mmp-20 and Klk4 cleavage site preferences for amelogenin sequences.
abstract: Mmp-20 and Klk4 are the two key enamel proteases. Can both enzymes process amelogenin to generate the major cleavage products that accumulate during the secretory stage of amelogenesis? We isolated Mmp-20 and Klk4 from developing pig teeth and used them to digest the tyrosine-rich amelogenin polypeptide (TRAP), the leucine-rich amelogenin protein (LRAP), and 5 fluorescence peptides. We characterized the digestion products by LC-MSMS, SDS-PAGE, and C18 RP-HPLC monitored with fluorescence and UV detectors. Mmp-20 cleaves amelogenin sequences after Pro(162), Ser(148), His(62), Ala(63), and Trp(45). These cleavages generate all of the major cleavage products that accumulate in porcine secretory-stage enamel: the 23-kDa, 20-kDa, 13-kDa, 11-kDa, and 6-kDa (TRAP) amelogenins. Mmp-20 cleaves LRAP after Pro(45) and Pro(40), producing the two LRAP products previously identified in tooth extracts. Among these key cleavage sites, Klk4 was able to cleave only after His(62). We propose that Mmp-20 alone processes amelogenin during the secretory stage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 1011 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kakegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamakoshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: J C-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gomi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Simmer
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism; D000566:Amelogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D053523:Amelogenin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000378:metabolism; D003746:Dental Enamel Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006639:Histidine / Q000378:metabolism; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000378:metabolism*; D053519:Matrix Metalloproteinase 20 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011392:Proline / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013552:Swine; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D053523:Amelogenin; D003746:Dental Enamel Proteins; C067432:leucine-rich amelogenin peptide; C084495:tyrosine-rich amelogenin polypeptide; D012694:Serine; D006639:Histidine; D014364:Tryptophan; D011392:Proline; D007610:Kallikreins; C120801:kallikrein 4; D053519:Matrix Metalloproteinase 20; D000409:Alanine