The 28-kDa N-terminal domain of mouse stromelysin-3 has the general properties of a weak metalloproteinase.
The putative matrix metalloproteinase mouse stromelysin-3 was expressed from Escherichia coli and from a mouse myeloma cell line. In the former case a single major protein of 58-kDa was detectable by immunoblotting, but no proteolytic activity could be elicited by zymography or trypsin or organomercurial treatment as would be expected for a typical matrix metalloproteinase. In the latter case immunodetectable proteins of 55-58 and 27-28-kDa were produced. The effect of trypsin or organomercurial treatment of the 55-58-kDa forms was to generate a 51-kDa form and lower molecular mass fragments. Upon zymographic analysis only the 27-28-kDa forms showed caseinolytic activity. N-terminal sequencing and immunoblotting analysis with antibodies specific to distinct domains of stromelysin-3 indicated that the 27-28-Da stromelysin-3 forms had lost the predicted propeptide and the majority of the C-terminal domain. The purified 28-kDa form of stromelysin-3 could weakly degrade a number of extracellular matrix proteins and was inhibited by TIMP. However, the evidence that mature full-length stromelysin-3 is a metalloproteinase could not be substantiated and the precise role of this protein in vivo remains to be elucidated. By partial analogy with interstitial collagenase, one hypothesis is that stromelysin-3 with an intact C-terminal domain has specific properties for an as yet undefined substrate.[1]References
- The 28-kDa N-terminal domain of mouse stromelysin-3 has the general properties of a weak metalloproteinase. Murphy, G., Segain, J.P., O'Shea, M., Cockett, M., Ioannou, C., Lefebvre, O., Chambon, P., Basset, P. J. Biol. Chem. (1993) [Pubmed]
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