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Facts about Macrophage metalloelastase.
Can accept large and small amino acids at the P1' site, but has a preference for leucine. Aromatic or hydrophobic residues are preferred in the P1 site, with small hydrophobic residues (preferably alanine) inhabiting P3.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | MMP12 |
Uniprot: | P39900 |
Entrez: | 4321 |
Belongs to: |
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peptidase M10A family |
EC 3.4.24; hME; HMEEC 3.4.24.65; Macrophage elastase; macrophage metalloelastase; matrix metallopeptidase 12 (macrophage elastase); matrix metalloproteinase 12 (macrophage elastase); Matrix metalloproteinase-12; ME; MGC138506; MME; MMP12; MMP-12
Mass (kDA):
54.002 kDA
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Location: | 11q22.2 |
Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (102862736..102874982, complement) |
Found in alveolar macrophages but not in peripheral blood monocytes.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix.
PMID: 8226919 by Shapiro S.D., et al. Cloning and characterization of a unique elastolytic metalloproteinase produced by human alveolar macrophages.
PMID: 9115292 by Gronski T.J. Jr., et al. Hydrolysis of a broad spectrum of extracellular matrix proteins by human macrophage elastase.
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