title: Expression and enzymatic activity of human disintegrin and metalloproteinase ADAM19/meltrin beta.
abstract: The adamalysins are involved in proteolysis, adhesion, fusion, and intracellular signaling. Human ADAM19/adamalysin-19 (A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 19) was identified from primary dendritic cell cDNA libraries. It has a signal sequence, a pro-domain with a "cysteine-switch" residue, a metalloproteinase domain with a zinc-binding site, a disintegrin, a cysteine-rich domain, an epidermal-growth-factor-like domain, a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain with putative SH3 ligand binding sites. Its mRNA was expressed in the placenta, heart, bladder, lymph nodes, and leukocytes, colorectal adenocarcinoma SW 480, and other organs/cells. The hADAM19 recombinant protein was expressed in human cells. It formed a complex with and cleaved alpha-2 macroglobulin (alpha2-M). Its proteolytic activity was blocked by 1,10-phenanthroline, EDTA, EGTA, and a synthetic matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor and not by the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases TIMP-1 and TIMP-2. It did not cleave the MMP substrates tested, e.g., type I collagen and gelatin, casein, and four peptide substrates. Thus, hADAM19 is an active metalloproteinase and may have a specific substrate profile.
authors.affiliation: Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruben
authors.forename: Q X
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Sang
mesh_terms: D051722:ADAM Proteins; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D019483:Disintegrins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D045726:Metalloproteases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019483:Disintegrins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins; D045726:Metalloproteases; D051722:ADAM Proteins; C411902:ADAM19 protein, human; C096116:Adam19 protein, mouse; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases