This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
- Table of Contents
Designing a Western blot for MMP9? 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 MMP9 Western Blot GuideFacts about Matrix metalloproteinase-9.
Cleaves KiSS1 at a Gly-.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MMP9 |
| Uniprot: | P14780 |
| Entrez: | 4318 |

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

92 kDa gelatinase; 92 kDa type IV collagenase; CLG4B; EC 3.4.24; EC 3.4.24.35; Gelatinase B; GELB; macrophage gelatinase; MANDP2; matrix metallopeptidase 9; matrix metalloproteinase 9; matrix metalloproteinase-9; MMP9; MMP-9; type V collagenase
Mass (kDA):
78.458 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20q13.12 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (46008908..46016561) |
Produced by normal alveolar macrophages and granulocytes.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix.





PMID: 2551898 by Wilhelm S.M., et al. SV40-transformed human lung fibroblasts secrete a 92-kDa type IV collagenase which is identical to that secreted by normal human macrophages.
PMID: 1653238 by Huhtala P., et al. Complete structure of the human gene for 92-kDa type IV collagenase. Divergent regulation of expression for the 92- and 72-kilodalton enzyme genes in HT-1080 cells.
*Showing only the more recent 20. More publications can be found for each product on its corresponding product page