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Designing a Western blot for MMP12? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the MMP12 Western Blot GuideFacts 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 | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MMP12 |
| Uniprot: | P39900 |
| Entrez: | 4321 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| 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

| Human | |
|---|---|
| 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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