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Designing a Western blot for MMP16? 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 MMP16 Western Blot GuideFacts about Matrix metalloproteinase-16.
Involved in the matrix remodeling of blood vessels. Isoform brief cleaves fibronectin and additionally collagen type III, but at lower speed.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MMP16 |
| Uniprot: | P51512 |
| Entrez: | 4325 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase M10A family |

chromosome 8 open reading frame 57; DKFZp761D112; EC 3.4.24; EC 3.4.24.-; EC 3.4.24.80; matrix metallopeptidase 16 (membrane-inserted); matrix metalloproteinase 16 (membrane-inserted); matrix metalloproteinase-16; Membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase 3; Membrane-type-3 matrix metalloproteinase; MMP16; MMP-16; MMPX2; MMP-X2; MT3MMP; MT3-MMP; MT3-MMPC8orf57; MT-MMP 3; MT-MMP2; MTMMP3; MT-MMP3; Putative transmembrane protein C8orf57
Mass (kDA):
69.521 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8q21.3 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (88032009..88327483, complement) |
Expressed in heart, brain, placenta, ovary and small intestine. Isoform Short is found in the ovary.
[Isoform Long]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein; Extracellular side. Localized at the cell surface of melanoma cells.; [Isoform Short]: Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix. Cell surface. Localized at the cell surface of melanoma cells.




PMID: 7559440 by Takino T., et al. Identification of the second membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase (MT-MMP-2) gene from a human placenta cDNA library. MT-MMPs form a unique membrane-type subclass in the MMP family.
PMID: 9396633 by Matsumoto S., et al. Identification of soluble type of membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase-3 formed by alternatively spliced mRNA.
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