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Designing a Western blot for MMP2? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about 72 kDa type IV collagenase.
Also cleaves KISS in a Gly-.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MMP2 |
| Uniprot: | P08253 |
| Entrez: | 4313 |

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

72 kDa gelatinase; CLG4; CLG4A72 kDa type IV collagenase; collagenase type IV-A; EC 3.4.24; EC 3.4.24.24; Gelatinase A; matrix metallopeptidase 2 (gelatinase A, 72kDa gelatinase, 72kDa type IVcollagenase); matrix metalloproteinase 2 (gelatinase A, 72kD gelatinase, 72kD type IVcollagenase); Matrix metalloproteinase-2; matrix metalloproteinase-II; MMP2; MMP-2; MMP-II; MONA; neutrophil gelatinase; TBE-1matrix metalloproteinase 2 (gelatinase A, 72kDa gelatinase, 72kDa type IVcollagenase)
Mass (kDA):
73.882 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16q12.2 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (55478830..55506691) |
Produced by normal skin fibroblasts. PEX is expressed in a number of tumors including gliomas, breast and prostate.
[Isoform 1]: Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix. Membrane. Nucleus. Colocalizes with integrin alphaV/beta3 at the membrane surface in angiogenic blood vessels and melanomas. Found in mitochondria, along microfibrils, and in nuclei of cardiomyocytes.; [Isoform 2]: Cytoplasm. Mitochondrion.






PMID: 2162831 by Huhtala P., et al. Structure of the human type IV collagenase gene.
PMID: 1851724 by Collier I.E., et al. On the structure and chromosome location of the 72- and 92-kDa human type IV collagenase genes.
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