Williamson, R.A. and Hutton, M. and Vogt, G. and Rapti, M. and Knauper, V. and Carr, M.D. and Murphy, G. (2001) Tyrosine 36 plays a critical role in the interaction of the AB loop of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 with matrix metalloproteinase-14. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276 . pp. 32966-32970.
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Abstract
The tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) is potentially an important inhibitor of all known matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). However, it has been shown to undergo specific interactions with both MMP-2 (gelatinase A) and MMP-14 (MT1-MMP), and it has been proposed that these three proteins function as a cell surface-based activation cascade for matrix metalloproteinases and as a focus of proteolytic activity. In this study, we have carried out mutagenesis and kinetic analyses to examine the unique interactions between the AB loop of TIMP-2 and MMP-14. The results demonstrate that the major binding contribution of the AB loop is due solely to residue Tyr-36 at the tip of the hairpin. From this work, we propose that TIMP-2 may be engineered to abrogate MMP-14 binding, whereas its binding properties for other MMPs, including MMP-2, are maintained. Mutants of TIMP-2 with more directed specificity may be of use in gene therapeutic approaches to human disease.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Biosciences > Protein Science Group |
| Depositing User: | Sue Davies |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2007 17:54 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2011 23:19 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/75 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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