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Targeted truncation of the ADAM17 cytoplasmic domain in mice results in protein destabilization and a hypomorphic phenotype.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Jan 2000
Lora Jose, Weskamp Gisela, Li Thomas M, Maretzky Thorsten, Shola Dorjee T N, Monette Sébastien, Lichtenthaler Stefan F, Lu Theresa T, Yang Chingwen, Blobel Carl P
Abstract excerpt
A disintegrin and metalloprotease 17 (ADAM17) is a cell-surface metalloprotease that serves as the principle sheddase for tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), and several ligands of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), regulating these crucial signaling pathways. ADAM17 activation requires its transmembrane domain, but not its cytoplasmic domain, and little is known about the...
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