Reaction: Preferential cleavage where P1', P2' and P3' are hydrophobic residues
Other names: matrix metalloproteinase 3; proteoglycanase; collagenase activating protein; procollagenase activator; transin; MMP-3; neutral proteoglycanase; stromelysin; collagen-activating protein
Comments: An extracellular endopeptidase of vertebrate tissues homologous with interstitial collagenase. Digests proteoglycan, fibronectin, collagen types III, IV, V, IX, and activates procollagenase. In peptidase family M10 (interstitial collagenase family)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 79955-99-0
References:
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