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Functional basis for the overlap in ligand interactions and substrate specificities of matrix metalloproteinases-9 and -2.
The Biochemical journal - 15 Nov 2005
Xu Xiaoping, Chen Zhihua, Wang Yao, Yamada Yoshishige, Steffensen Bjorn
Abstract excerpt
The MMPs (matrix metalloproteinases) MMP-9 and -2 each possess a unique CBD (collagen-binding domain) containing three fibronectin type II-like modules. The present experiments investigated whether the contributions to ligand interactions and enzymatic activities by the CBD of MMP-9 (CBD-9) corresponded to those of CBD in MMP-2 (CBD-2). The interactions of recombinant CBD-9 with a series of collagen types and...
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