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Deletion of epidermal growth factor-like domains converts mammalian tolloid into a chordinase and effective procollagen C-proteinase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Nov 2004
Garrigue-Antar Laure, François Vincent, Kadler Karl E
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Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-1 and mammalian tolloid (mTld) are Ca(2+)-dependent metalloproteinases that result from alternative splicing of the bmp1 gene. They have different proteinase activities, e.g. BMP-1 effectively cleaves procollagen (an extracellular matrix protein) and chordin (a BMP antagonist), whereas mTld is a poor procollagen proteinase and will not cleave chordin in the absence of twisted...
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