Abstract:
:The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a group of enzymes which have the ability to degrade extracellular matrix. They also cleave non-matrix proteins such as myelin basic protein and alpha 1-antitrypsin and they are able to process tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) to its mature form. We have cloned, expressed and purified human macrophage metalloelastase (EC 3.4.24.65), an MMP recognised for its ability to degrade elastin, but whose substrate specificity has not yet been defined. With the exception of type I collagen this enzyme degraded all matrix proteins tested, namely: type IV collagen, type I gelatin, fibronectin, laminin, vitronectin and proteoglycan. It also degraded myelin basic protein, cleaved alpha 1-antitrypsin and released TNF from a pro-TNF fusion protein. Thus, in common with several other MMPs, macrophage metalloelastase has a broad substrate range which extends beyond that of elastin alone.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Chandler S,Cossins J,Lury J,Wells Gdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1996.1677subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-11-12 00:00:00pages
421-9issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(96)91677-0journal_volume
228pub_type
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