TopFIND 4.0

Evidence Source

Description Imported from Merops: Merops-evidence: experimental | Merops-type: physiological | Merops-range: 20-707

Method


Experimental system

unknown

Perturbation

none

Protease inhibitor(s) used


Directness

unknown

Physiological relevance

yes

Evidence Code(s)

    inferred from experiment

Database / Laboratory

    - Lab: Van den Steen PE
    - DB: MEROPS

Raw data repository

Evidence for:

0

N-termini

0

C-termini


Publication(s)

Beta-hematin interaction with the hemopexin domain of gelatinase B/MMP-9 provokes autocatalytic processing of the propeptide, thereby priming activation by MMP-3.

Geurts N, Martens E, Van Aelst I, Proost P, Opdenakker G, Van den Steen PE

Biochemistry. 2008 Feb 26;47(8):2689-99. doi: 10.1021/bi702260q. Epub 2008 Feb 1. PMID: 18237197