title: ADAMs: key components in EGFR signalling and development.
abstract: ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) proteins are membrane-anchored metalloproteases that process and shed the ectodomains of membrane-anchored growth factors, cytokines and receptors. ADAMs also have essential roles in fertilization, angiogenesis, neurogenesis, heart development and cancer. Research on ADAMs and their role in protein ectodomain shedding is emerging as a fertile ground for gathering new insights into the functional regulation of membrane proteins.
authors.affiliation: Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program and Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 535 East 70th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA. blobelc@hss.edu
authors.forename: Carl P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Blobel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019281:Dimerization; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000502:physiology*; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D066246:ErbB Receptors; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases