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Gelatinases can regulate enzymatic activation and activity by interactions on the cell surface. Surface proteins regulate functions such as localization, inhibition, and internalization. Enzyme binding to the surface brings it in close accord with certain substrates in the pericellular space in order to regulate function of the MMPs.
17395 Ensembl ENSG00000100985 ENSMUSG00000017737 UniProt P14780 P41245 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004994 NM_013599 RefSeq (protein) NP_004985 NP_038627 Location (UCSC) Chr 20: 46.01 – 46.02 Mb Chr 2: 164.78 – 164.8 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), also known as 92 kDa type IV collagenase, 92 kDa gelatinase or gelatinase B (GELB), is a ...
MMPs are also thought to play a major role in cell behaviors such as cell proliferation, migration (adhesion/dispersion), differentiation, angiogenesis, apoptosis, and host defense. They were first described in vertebrates in 1962, [ 4 ] including humans, but have since been found in invertebrates and plants.
Some proteins, such as insulin, are extracellular proteins that transmit a signal from the cell in which they were synthesized to other cells in distant tissues. Others are membrane proteins that act as receptors whose main function is to bind a signaling molecule and induce a biochemical response in the cell.
Gelatin degradation assay allows visualizing and quantifying invasion at the subcellular level instead of analyzing the invasive behavior of whole cells, for the study of cellular protrusions called invadopodia and podosomes, which are protrusive structures in cancer cells and play an important role in cell attachment and remodeling of the ...
The five living U.S. presidents — Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton — reunited to honor the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter. On Thursday, Jan. 9, a date ...
German law enforcement, having spent two years and well over 16,000 overtime hours investigating dozens and dozens of crimes they thought to be connected, found out that the "culprit" they had in ...
The most basic description of the plant extracellular matrix (ECM) is the cell wall, but it is actually the cell surface continuum that includes a variety of proteins with major roles in plant growth, development, and response. The ECM is composed of the primary and secondary cell walls, along with the intercellular gap between its neighboring ...