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PROSITE documentation PDOC50215 |
ADAMs are transmembrane proteins containing both a disintegrin (see <PDOC00351>) and a metalloprotease domain [1]. About two third of the proteins with an ADAM type metalloprotease domain also contain the zinc protease pattern (see <PDOC00129>) which locates the active site of these proteases. As they contain an adhesion domain and a protease domain, ADAM proteins potentially have both cell adhesion and protease activities. They play a role in various biological processes, including fertilization, neurogenesis, myogenesis, embryonic TGF-α release and inflammatory response [2].
ADAMTS proteins [3] form a closely related family of proteases. In these proteins, the metalloprotease and disintegrin domains are flanked by thrombospondin type I (TSP1) repeat (see <PDOC50092>). ADAMTS proteins are soluble, extracellular matrix proteases those known substrates are other extracellular matrix proteins [2].
ADAM proteins also share the metalloprotease and disintegrin domains with the disintegrin class of peptides that are present in snake venom [2,4]. Together, they form the adamlysin/reprolysin subfamily of the metzincin superfamily of Zn-dependent metalloproteinases [4].
Some proteins known to contain an ADAM metalloprotease domain are listed below:
December 2001 / First entry.
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1 | Authors | Wolfsberg T.G. Straight P.D. Gerena R.L. Huovila A.P. Primakoff P. Myles D.G. White J.M. |
Title | ADAM, a widely distributed and developmentally regulated gene family encoding membrane proteins with a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain. | |
Source | Dev. Biol. 169:378-383(1995). | |
PubMed ID | 7750654 |
2 | Authors | Primakoff P. Myles D.G. |
Title | The ADAM gene family: surface proteins with adhesion and protease activity. | |
Source | Trends Genet. 16:83-87(2000). | |
PubMed ID | 10652535 |
3 | Authors | Tang B.L. Hong W. |
Title | ADAMTS: a novel family of proteases with an ADAM protease domain and thrombospondin 1 repeats. | |
Source | FEBS Lett. 445:223-225(1999). | |
PubMed ID | 10094461 |
4 | Authors | Black R.A. White J.M. |
Title | ADAMs: focus on the protease domain. | |
Source | Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 10:654-659(1998). | |
PubMed ID | 9818177 |