Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Metalloendopeptidases
Reaction(IUBMB)
Cleavage of Ala14!Leu and Tyr16!Leu in B chain of insulin. No action on collagen types I, II, IV, V. Cleaves gelatin chain alpha2(I) > alpha1(I)
Comment
Found in rat uterus; at 19 kDa, the smallest member of peptidase family M10 (interstitial collagenase family). Similar in specificity to stromelysin, but more active on azocoll
Miyazaki K, Hattori Y, Umenishi F, Yasumitsu H, Umeda M.
Title
Purification and characterization of extracellular matrix-degrading metalloproteinase, matrin (pump-1), secreted from human rectal carcinoma cell line.