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Abstract
The presence of an acid proteinase with a high activity has been demonstrated in isolated odontoblast-predentine material from dentinogenically active rat incisors. The enzyme was identified as cathepsin D (EC 3.4.23.5). The possible significance of the enzymatic degradation of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans in the course of the calcification process is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 19134 DOI: 10.1007/BF02012763
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Calcif Tissue Res ISSN: 0008-0594