Abstract
Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-EM) was used to explore the self-assembly of recombinant murine amelogenin (rM179) in vitro.Our cryo-EM data showed that amelogenin self-assembly is a strongly pH-dependent process. At pH 4.4 the main fraction of the protein exists in a monomeric form, although some peculiar structures consisting of chains of monomers were also observed. At pH 5.8 large nanospheres comprising ring-like structures ∼50 nm in diameter were the most abundant particle class. Similarly, at pH 8.0 amelogenins self-assembled into ring-like oligomers of different sizes, which subsequently assembled into nanospheres 15–20 nm in diameter. Furthermore, at pH 7.2, which is close to a physiological pH, branched chains of nanospheres were observed. Our results show that amelogenin assembly is a multistep hierarchical process and provides new insight into the control of enamel mineralization.
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