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SUBMITTER: Duellman T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5941315 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duellman Tyler T Chen Xi X Wakamiya Rie R Yang Jay J
The Biochemical journal 20180509 9
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play varied roles in normal biology and diseases where, depending on the context, both inhibition and enhancement of the enzymatic activity may be beneficial. However, there are very few reports of positive modulators of MMP activity. We report that polynucleotides, including single-stranded DNA, RNA, and even double-stranded DNA, bind to and enhance the enzymatic activity of MMP9. This enhancement of MMP9 catalytic activity is not shared by biologically active p ...[more]