title: Isolation of a mouse MT2-MMP gene from a lung cDNA library and identification of its product.
abstract: We have isolated a new MT-MMP related gene of 3.3 kb from a mouse lung cDNA library using a human MT1-MMP cDNA as a probe. The deduced protein sequence shows 87% homology to human MT2-MMP and 52, 50 and 29% to MT1-MMP, MT3-MMP and MT4-MMP, respectively. Thus the gene is thought to be a mouse homologue of human MT2-MMP. A monoclonal antibody raised against a synthetic peptide recognized mouse MT2-MMP as a 70 kDa protein. Like MT1- and MT3-MMPs, mouse MT2-MMP caused activation of progelatinase A upon co-transfection into COS-1 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seiki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology*; D053511:Matrix Metalloproteinase 14; D053517:Matrix Metalloproteinase 15; D053513:Matrix Metalloproteinase 16; D053504:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000090023:Metallothionein 3; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C507098:MMP15 protein, human; C507102:MMP16 protein, human; D000090023:Metallothionein 3; C507096:Mmp14 protein, mouse; C507100:Mmp15 protein, mouse; C507104:Mmp16 protein, mouse; C000715430:Mt3 protein, mouse; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D053517:Matrix Metalloproteinase 15; D053513:Matrix Metalloproteinase 16; D053504:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D053511:Matrix Metalloproteinase 14