Entry
Name
ADAMTS-4 endopeptidase;
aggrecanase-1
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Metalloendopeptidases
BRITE hierarchy
Reaction(IUBMB)
Glutamyl endopeptidase; bonds cleaved include -Thr-Glu-Gly-Glu373!Ala-Arg-Gly-Ser- in the interglobular domain of mammalian aggrecan
Comment
In peptidase family M12. Thought to be biologically significant for the degradation of the aggrecan component of cartilage matrix.
History
EC 3.4.24.82 created 2003
Orthology
K07764 a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 4
Genes
MORG : 121442028 121454872
TALA : 116964872 122152498
RTD : 128900938(ADAMTS4) 128900967
XLA : 108699607(adamts4.L) 108700401(adamts4.S)
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Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Westling J, Fosang AJ, Last K, Thompson VP, Tomkinson KN, Hebert T, McDonagh T, Collins-Racie LA, LaVallie ER, Morris EA, Sandy JD.
Title
ADAMTS4 cleaves at the aggrecanase site (Glu373-Ala374) and secondarily at the matrix metalloproteinase site (Asn341-Phe342) in the aggrecan interglobular domain.
Journal
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 3.4.24.82