title: Matrix metalloproteinase 2 is involved in the regulation of the antimicrobial peptide parasin I production in catfish skin mucosa.
abstract: A 19-residue antimicrobial peptide parasin I is generated from histone H2A in the skin mucus of catfish by the action of cathepsin D activated by a procathepsin D-processing enzyme induced upon epidermal injury. Here we report the isolation and characterization of the procathepsin D-processing enzyme in the mucus of wounded catfish. Sequence analysis of the cDNA identified the purified procathepsin D-processing enzyme as matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP 2). By acting as a procathepsin D convertase upon epidermal injury, MMP 2 is involved in the regulation of parasin I production in catfish skin mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-dong Yusong-gu, 305-701, Taejon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ju Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: In Yup
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Mi Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sun Chang
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001483:Base Sequence; D002397:Catfishes; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C115701:parasin I; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2