DSPP
Encyclopedia
Dentin sialophosphoprotein, also known as DSPP, is a human gene
that encodes for a protein of the same name
.
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
that encodes for a protein of the same name
Dentin sialophosphoprotein (protein)
Dentin sialophosphoprotein is the only protein produced uniquely by odontoblasts, the cells that produce tooth dentin. It is a non-collagenous SIBLING protein that is later cleaved into three functional proteins: dentin phosphoprotein , taken from the C-terminal end, dentin sialoprotein from the...
.