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SUBMITTER: Van Doren SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5605405 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Doren Steven R SR Marcink Tara C TC Koppisetti Rama K RK Jurkevich Alexander A Fulcher Yan G YG
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research 20170423 11 Pt A
Water soluble matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been regarded as diffusing freely in the extracellular matrix. Yet multiple MMPs are also observed at cell surfaces. Their membrane-proximal activities include sheddase activities, collagenolysis, bacterial killing, and intracellular trafficking reaching as far as the nucleus. The catalytic domains of MMP-7 and MMP-12 bind bilayers peripherally, each in two different orientations, by presenting positive charges and a few hydrophobic groups to t ...[more]