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ADAMTS4 (aggrecanase-1) interaction with the C-terminal domain of fibronectin inhibits proteolysis of aggrecan.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 30 Jul 2004
Hashimoto Gakuji, Shimoda Masayuki, Okada Yasunori
Abstract excerpt
ADAMTS4 (aggrecanase-1), a secreted enzyme belonging to the ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) gene family, is considered to play a key role in the degradation of cartilage proteoglycan (aggrecan) in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. To clone molecules that bind to ADAMTS4, we screened a human chondrocyte cDNA library by the yeast two-hybrid system using the ADAMTS4...
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