ADAMTS13 endopeptidase

ADAMTS13 endopeptidase
Identifiers
EC number 3.4.24.87
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

ADAMTS13 endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.87, ADAMTS VWF cleaving metalloprotease, ADAMTS-13, ADAMTS13, vWF-cleaving protease, VWF-CP, vWF-degrading protease, Upshaw factor, von Willebrand factor cleaving protease, ADAMTS13 peptidase) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

The enzyme cleaves the von Willebrand factor at bond Tyr842-Met843 within the A2 domain

This enzyme belong in the peptidase family M12.

References

  1. Fujikawa, K.; Suzuki, H.; McMullen, B.; Chung, D. (2001). "Purification of human von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease and its identification as a new member of the metalloproteinase family". Blood. 98: 1662–1666. doi:10.1182/blood.v98.6.1662. PMID 11535495.
  2. Dong, J.F.; Moake, J.L.; Nolasco, L.; Bernardo, A.; Arceneaux, W.; Shrimpton, C.N.; Schade, A.J.; McIntire, L.V.; Fujikawa, K.; Lopez, J.A. (2002). "ADAMTS-13 rapidly cleaves newly secreted ultralarge von Willebrand factor multimers on the endothelial surface under flowing conditions". Blood. 100: 4033–4039. doi:10.1182/blood-2002-05-1401. PMID 12393397.

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