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Facts about A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 4.
Could also be a critical element in the exacerbation of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease. Cleaves aggrecan in the'392-Glu-.
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | ADAMTS4 |
| Uniprot: | O75173 |
| Entrez: | 9507 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease (reprolysin type) with thrombospondintype 1 motif, 4; ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 4; ADAM-TS 4; ADAMTS2; ADAMTS-2; ADAMTS4; ADAM-TS4; ADAMTS-4; ADMP-1; ADMP-1EC 3.4.24.82; Aggrecanase 1; aggrecanase-1; EC 3.4.24; KIAA0688A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 4
Mass (kDA):
90.197 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q23.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (161184302..161202339, complement) |
Expressed in brain, lung and heart (PubMed:23897278). Expressed at very low level in placenta and skeletal muscles (PubMed:23897278). Isoform 2: Detected in osteoarthritic synovium (PubMed:16723216, PubMed:23897278).
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix.





PMID: 10356395 by Tortorella M.D., et al. Purification and cloning of aggrecanase-1: a member of the ADAMTS family of proteins.
PMID: 16723216 by Wainwright S.D., et al. An alternative spliced transcript of ADAMTS4 is present in human synovium from OA patients.
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