Article
Altered proteolytic activities of ADAMTS-4 expressed by C-terminal processing.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Mar 2004
Kashiwagi Masahide, Enghild Jan J, Gendron Christi, Hughes Clare, Caterson Bruce, Itoh Yoshifumi, Nagase Hideaki
Abstract excerpt
ADAMTS-4 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs) is a multidomain metalloproteinase belonging to the reprolysin family. The enzyme cleaves aggrecan core protein at several sites. Here we report that the non-catalytic ancillary domains of the enzyme play a major role in regulating aggrecanase activity, with the C-terminal spacer domain masking the general proteolytic activity. Expressing a...
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