Structural highlights
Function[ATS4_HUMAN] Cleaves aggrecan, a cartilage proteoglycan, and may be involved in its turnover. May play an important role in the destruction of aggrecan in arthritic diseases. Could also be a critical factor in the exacerbation of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease. Cleaves aggrecan at the '392-Glu-|-Ala-393' site. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedAggrecanases are now believed to be the principal proteinases responsible for aggrecan degradation in osteoarthritis. Given their potential as a drug target, we solved crystal structures of the two most active human aggrecanase isoforms, ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5, each in complex with bound inhibitor and one wherein the enzyme is in apo form. These structures show that the unliganded and inhibitor-bound enzymes exhibit two essentially different catalytic-site configurations: an autoinhibited, nonbinding, closed form and an open, binding form. On this basis, we propose that mature aggrecanases exist as an ensemble of at least two isomers, only one of which is proteolytically active. Crystal structures of the two major aggrecan degrading enzymes, ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5.,Mosyak L, Georgiadis K, Shane T, Svenson K, Hebert T, McDonagh T, Mackie S, Olland S, Lin L, Zhong X, Kriz R, Reifenberg EL, Collins-Racie LA, Corcoran C, Freeman B, Zollner R, Marvell T, Vera M, Sum PE, Lavallie ER, Stahl M, Somers W Protein Sci. 2008 Jan;17(1):16-21. Epub 2007 Nov 27. PMID:18042673[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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