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Facts about Tuftelin.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TUFT1 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NNX1 |
| Entrez: | 7286 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| tuftelin family |

tuftelin 1; tuftelin
Mass (kDA):
44.264 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q21.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (151540294..151583583) |
Present in the extracellular enamel and is mainly associated with the crystal component.
Secreted. Secreted at a very early stage of enamel formation, concentrated at the dentin-enamel junction and tightly bound to the surface of the growing crystallites.





PMID: 11733143 by Mao Z., et al. The human tuftelin gene: cloning and characterization.
PMID: 7919663 by Deutsch D., et al. Mapping of the human tuftelin (TUFT1) gene to chromosome 1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.