Scientific background: |
ADAM10, A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase Domain 10 , is also know as AD10. ADAM10 is a member of the ADAM family and members of this family are cell surface proteins with a unique structure possessing both potential adhesion and protease function.The ADAM10 gene is mapped to chromosome 15q21.3-q23. ADAM proteins contain an N-terminal signal sequence, followed by a prodomain, a metalloprotease-like domain, a disintegrin-like domain, a cysteine-rich region, an EGF -like repeat, a transmembrane domain, and a C-terminal cytoplasmic tail. Conversion of the membrane-bound precursor to a secreted mature protein is mediated by a protease termed TNFA convertase. ADAM10 possesses TNFA convertase activity. |
References: |
1. Wolfsberg, T. G., Primakoff, P., Myles, D. G., White, J. M.ADAM, a novel family of membrane proteins containing a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain: multipotential functions in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions.J. Cell Biol. 131: 275-278, 1995.
2. Yamazaki, K., Mizui, Y., Tanaka, I.Radiation hybrid mapping of human ADAM10 gene to chromosome 15.Genomics 45: 457-459, 1997.
3. Lunn, C. A., Fan, X., Dalie, B., Miller, K., Zavodny, P. J., Narula, S. K., Lundell, D.Purification of ADAM 10 from bovine spleen as a TNFalpha convertase.FEBS Lett. 400: 333-335, 1997.
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