title: Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of MMP-16/MT3-MMP: characterization of MT-MMP specific features.
abstract: Membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) have attracted strong attention, because four of them can activate a key player in the tumor scenario, proMMP-2/progelatinase A. In addition to this indirect effect on the cellular environment, these MT-MMPs degrade extracellular matrix proteins, and their overproduction is associated with tumor growth. We have solved the structure of the catalytic domain (cd) of MT3-MMP/MMP-16 in complex with the hydroxamic acid inhibitor batimastat. CdMT3-MMP exhibits a classical MMP-fold with similarity to MT1-MMP. Nevertheless, it also shows unique properties such as a modified MT-specific loop and a closed S1' specificity pocket, which might help to design specific inhibitors. Some MT-MMP-specific features, derived from the crystal structures of MT-1-MMP determined previously and MT3-MMP, and revealed in recent mutagenesis experiments, explain the impaired interaction of the MT-MMPs with TIMP-1. Docking experiments with proMMP-2 show some exposed loops including the MT-loop of cdMT3-MMP involved in the interaction with the proMMP-2 prodomain in the activation encounter complex. This model might help to understand the experimentally proven importance of the MT-loop for the activation of proMMP-2.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Abteilung Strukturforschung, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152 Martinsried-bei-munchen, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Sounni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frankenne
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Foidart
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maskos
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002460:Cell Line; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D053513:Matrix Metalloproteinase 16; D053504:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C507102:MMP16 protein, human; D013876:Thiophenes; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; D010649:Phenylalanine; C080985:batimastat; D053513:Matrix Metalloproteinase 16; D053504:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases