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The 22 Hemopexin Repeats proteins and their functions

S.NOUniprot ID Protein Name Sequence LengthHemopexin Repeats regionFunction
1 P04004 Vitronectin 478Vitronectin is a cell adhesion and spreading factor found in serum and tissues
Vitronectin interact with glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans
Is recognized by certain members of the integrin family and serves as a cell-to-substrate adhesion molecule
Inhibitor of the membrane-damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway
; Somatomedin-B is a growth hormone-dependent serum factor with protease-inhibiting activity
2 P03956 Interstitial collagenase 469"Cleaves collagens of types I, II, and III at one site in the helical domain
Also cleaves collagens of types VII and X (PubMed:2557822, PubMed:2153297, PubMed:1645757)
In case of HIV infection, interacts and cleaves the secreted viral Tat protein, leading to a decrease in neuronal Tat's mediated neurotoxicity (PubMed:16807369)"
3 Q9H306 Matrix metalloproteinase-27 513"Matrix metalloproteinases degrade protein components of the extracellular matrix such as fibronectin, laminin, gelatins and/or collagens"
4 P22894 Neutrophil collagenase 467"Can degrade fibrillar type I, II, and III collagens"
5 P39900 Macrophage metalloelastase 470"May be involved in tissue injury and remodeling
Has significant elastolytic activity
Can accept large and small amino acids at the P1' site, but has a preference for leucine
Aromatic or hydrophobic residues are preferred at the P1 site, with small hydrophobic residues (preferably alanine) occupying P3"
6 P45452 Collagenase 3 471"Plays a role in the degradation of extracellular matrix proteins including fibrillar collagen, fibronectin, TNC and ACAN
Cleaves triple helical collagens, including type I, type II and type III collagen, but has the highest activity with soluble type II collagen
Can also degrade collagen type IV, type XIV and type X
May also function by activating or degrading key regulatory proteins, such as TGFB1 and CTGF
Plays a role in wound healing, tissue remodeling, cartilage degradation, bone development, bone mineralization and ossification
Required for normal embryonic bone development and ossification
Plays a role in the healing of bone fractures via endochondral ossification
Plays a role in wound healing, probably by a mechanism that involves proteolytic activation of TGFB1 and degradation of CTGF
Plays a role in keratinocyte migration during wound healing
May play a role in cell migration and in tumor cell invasion"
7 Q99542 Matrix metalloproteinase-19 508"Endopeptidase that degrades various components of the extracellular matrix, such as aggrecan and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (comp), during development, haemostasis and pathological conditions (arthritic disease)
May also play a role in neovascularization or angiogenesis
Hydrolyzes collagen type IV, laminin, nidogen, nascin-C isoform, fibronectin, and type I gelatin"
8 P09238 Stromelysin-2 476"Can degrade fibronectin, gelatins of type I, III, IV, and V; weakly collagens III, IV, and V
Activates procollagenase"
9 P08254 Stromelysin-1 477"Can degrade fibronectin, laminin, gelatins of type I, III, IV, and V; collagens III, IV, X, and IX, and cartilage proteoglycans
Activates procollagenase"
10 P24347 Stromelysin-3 488May play an important role in the progression of epithelial malignancies
11 O60882 Matrix metalloproteinase-20 483"Degrades amelogenin, the major protein component of the enamel matrix and two of the macromolecules characterizing the cartilage extracellular matrix: aggrecan and the cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP)
May play a central role in tooth enamel formation
Cleaves aggrecan at the '360-Asn-|-Phe-361' site"
12 Q9NPA2 Matrix metalloproteinase-25 562May activate progelatinase A
13 P50281 Matrix metalloproteinase-14 582Endopeptidase that degrades various components of the extracellular matrix such as collagen
Activates progelatinase A
Essential for pericellular collagenolysis and modeling of skeletal and extraskeletal connective tissues during development (By similarity)
May be involved in actin cytoskeleton reorganization by cleaving PTK7 (PubMed:20837484)
Acts as a positive regulator of cell growth and migration via activation of MMP15
Involved in the formation of the fibrovascular tissues in association with pro-MMP2 (PubMed:12714657)
Cleaves ADGRB1 to release vasculostatin-40 which inhibits angiogenesis (PubMed:22330140)
14 Q9H239 Matrix metalloproteinase-28 520Can degrade casein
Could play a role in tissues homeostasis and repair
15 Q8N119 Matrix metalloproteinase-21 569"Plays a specialized role in the generation of left-right asymmetry during embryogenesis
May act as a negative regulator of the NOTCH-signaling pathway (PubMed:26429889, PubMed:26437028)
Cleaves alpha-1-antitrypsin (PubMed:12617721)"
16 Q9ULZ9 Matrix metalloproteinase-17 603"Endopeptidase that degrades various components of the extracellular matrix, such as fibrin
May be involved in the activation of membrane-bound precursors of growth factors or inflammatory mediators, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha
May also be involved in tumoral process
Cleaves pro-TNF-alpha at the '74-Ala-|-Gln-75' site
Not obvious if able to proteolytically activate progelatinase A
Does not hydrolyze collagen types I, II, III, IV and V, gelatin, fibronectin, laminin, decorin nor alpha1-antitrypsin"
17 P51512 Matrix metalloproteinase-16 607"Endopeptidase that degrades various components of the extracellular matrix, such as collagen type III and fibronectin
Activates progelatinase A
Involved in the matrix remodeling of blood vessels
Isoform short cleaves fibronectin and also collagen type III, but at lower rate
It has no effect on type I, II, IV and V collagen
However, upon interaction with CSPG4, it may be involved in degradation and invasion of type I collagen by melanoma cells"
18 P51511 Matrix metalloproteinase-15 669Endopeptidase that degrades various components of the extracellular matrix
May activate progelatinase A
19 Q9Y5R2 Matrix metalloproteinase-24 645"Metalloprotease that mediates cleavage of N-cadherin (CDH2) and acts as a regulator of neuro-immune interactions and neural stem cell quiescence
Involved in cell-cell interactions between nociceptive neurites and mast cells, possibly by mediating cleavage of CDH2, thereby acting as a mediator of peripheral thermal nociception and inflammatory hyperalgesia
Key regulator of neural stem cells quiescence by mediating cleavage of CDH2, affecting CDH2-mediated anchorage of neural stem cells to ependymocytes in the adult subependymal zone, leading to modulate their quiescence
May play a role in axonal growth
Able to activate progelatinase A
May also be a proteoglycanase involved in degradation of proteoglycans, such as dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans
Cleaves partially fibronectin, but not collagen type I, nor laminin (By similarity)"
20 P08253 72 kDa type IV collagenase 660"Ubiquitinous metalloproteinase that is involved in diverse functions such as remodeling of the vasculature, angiogenesis, tissue repair, tumor invasion, inflammation, and atherosclerotic plaque rupture
As well as degrading extracellular matrix proteins, can also act on several nonmatrix proteins such as big endothelial 1 and beta-type CGRP promoting vasoconstriction
Also cleaves KISS at a Gly-|-Leu bond
Appears to have a role in myocardial cell death pathways
Contributes to myocardial oxidative stress by regulating the activity of GSK3beta
Cleaves GSK3beta in vitro
Involved in the formation of the fibrovascular tissues in association with MMP14
; PEX, the C-terminal non-catalytic fragment of MMP2, posseses anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor properties and inhibits cell migration and cell adhesion to FGF2 and vitronectin
Ligand for integrinv/beta3 on the surface of blood vessels
; Isoform 2: Mediates the proteolysis of CHUK/IKKA and initiates a primary innate immune response by inducing mitochondrial-nuclear stress signaling with activation of the pro-inflammatory NF-kappaB, NFAT and IRF transcriptional pathways"
21 P14780 Matrix metalloproteinase-9 707May play an essential role in local proteolysis of the extracellular matrix and in leukocyte migration
Could play a role in bone osteoclastic resorption
Cleaves KiSS1 at a Gly-|-Leu bond
Cleaves type IV and type V collagen into large C-terminal three quarter fragments and shorter N-terminal one quarter fragments
Degrades fibronectin but not laminin or Pz-peptide
22 P02790 Hemopexin 462"Binds heme and transports it to the liver for breakdown and iron recovery, after which the free hemopexin returns to the circulation"