title: Overview of the matrisome--an inventory of extracellular matrix constituents and functions.
abstract: Completion of genome sequences for many organisms allows a reasonably complete definition of the complement of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. In mammals this "core matrisome" comprises ∼300 proteins. In addition there are large numbers of ECM-modifying enzymes, ECM-binding growth factors, and other ECM-associated proteins. These different categories of ECM and ECM-associated proteins cooperate to assemble and remodel extracellular matrices and bind to cells through ECM receptors. Together with receptors for ECM-bound growth factors, they provide multiple inputs into cells to control survival, proliferation, differentiation, shape, polarity, and motility of cells. The evolution of ECM proteins was key in the transition to multicellularity, the arrangement of cells into tissue layers, and the elaboration of novel structures during vertebrate evolution. This key role of ECM is reflected in the diversity of ECM proteins and the modular domain structures of ECM proteins both allow their multiple interactions and, during evolution, development of novel protein architectures.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. rohynes@mit.edu
authors.forename: Richard O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Hynes
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000502:physiology; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D016023:Integrins; D011509:Proteoglycans; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D003094:Collagen