| PubMed: | Characterisation of protein families in spider digestive fluids and their role in extra-oral digestion. |
| PubMed: | Cleavage of the Drosophila seminal protein Acp36DE in mated females enhances its sperm storage activity. |
| PubMed: | First insight into structure-activity relationships of selective meprin β inhibitors. |
| PubMed: | Investigating proteins and proteases composing amniotic and allantoic fluids during chicken embryonic development. |
| PubMed: | Meprin β and BMP-1 are differentially regulated by CaCl2. |
| PubMed: | Duplications and Positive Selection Drive the Evolution of Parasitism-Associated Gene Families in the Nematode Strongyloides papillosus. |
| PubMed: | Heterologous Expression of the Astacin Protease Meprin β in Pichia pastoris. |
| PubMed: | Functional Elucidation of Nemopilema nomurai and Cyanea nozakii Nematocyst Venoms' Lytic Activity Using Mass Spectrometry and Zymography. |
| PubMed: | The seahorse genome and the evolution of its specialized morphology. |
| PubMed: | Parasitological and transcriptomic comparison of Strongyloides ratti infections in natural and in suboptimal permissive hosts. |
| PubMed: | Recombinant fetuin-B protein maintains high fertilization rate in cumulus cell-free mouse oocytes. |
| PubMed: | Exocrine glands of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae): Distribution, developmental appearance, and site of secretion. |
| PubMed: | High throughput techniques to reveal the molecular physiology and evolution of digestion in spiders. |
| PubMed: | Expression and immunological cross-reactivity of LALP3, a novel astacin-like metalloprotease from brown spider (Loxosceles intermedia) venom. |
| PubMed: | Proteomic and metabolomic analysis on the toxicological effects of As (III) and As (V) in juvenile mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. |
| PubMed: | Insights from Analysis of Binding Sites of Human Meprins: Screening of Inhibitors by Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. |
| PubMed: | Handling Metalloproteinases. |
| PubMed: | The genomic basis of parasitism in the Strongyloides clade of nematodes. |
| PubMed: | Exceptional material requirement for reproduction in mouse oocytes. |
| PubMed: | Global Transcriptome Analysis of the Tentacle of the Jellyfish Cyanea capillata Using Deep Sequencing and Expressed Sequence Tags: Insight into the Toxin- and Degenerative Disease-Related Transcripts. |
| PubMed: | Sturgeon hatching enzyme and the mechanism of egg envelope digestion: Insight into changes in the mechanism of egg envelope digestion during the evolution of ray-finned fish. |
| PubMed: | Brown spider (Loxosceles genus) venom toxins: Evaluation of biological conservation by immune cross-reactivity. |
| PubMed: | Membrane associated cancer-oocyte neoantigen SAS1B/ovastacin is a candidate immunotherapeutic target for uterine tumors. |
| PubMed: | Origin and Diversification of Meprin Proteases. |
| PubMed: | Expression, purification and initial characterization of human meprin β from Pichia pastoris. |
| PubMed: | Proteomics of ionomycin-induced ascidian sperm reaction: Released and exposed sperm proteins in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. |
| PubMed: | The venomous cocktail of the vampire snail Colubraria reticulata (Mollusca, Gastropoda). |
| PubMed: | Metalloproteinases: A parade of functions in matrix biology and an outlook for the future. |
| PubMed: | Draft genome of neurotropic nematode parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, causative agent of human eosinophilic meningitis. |
| PubMed: | Biochemical, transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of digestion in the scorpion Tityus serrulatus: insights into function and evolution of digestion in an ancient arthropod. |
| PubMed: | Identification of the Mamestra configurata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) peritrophic matrix proteins and enzymes involved in peritrophic matrix chitin metabolism. |
| PubMed: | A highly conserved, inhibitable astacin metalloprotease from Teladorsagia circumcincta is required for cuticle formation and nematode development. |
| PubMed: | A novel mechanism of latency in matrix metalloproteinases. |
| PubMed: | Plectreurys tristis venome: A proteomic and transcriptomic analysis. |
| PubMed: | Xhe2 is a member of the astacin family of metalloproteases that promotes Xenopus hatching. |
| PubMed: | Comparison of hatching mode in pelagic and demersal eggs of two closely related species in the order pleuronectiformes. |
| PubMed: | Biochemical and proteomic characterisation of haemolymph serum reveals the origin of the alkali-labile phosphate (ALP) in mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). |
| PubMed: | Secreted proteomes of different developmental stages of the gastrointestinal nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. |
| PubMed: | Characterization and neutralization of Nemopilema nomurai (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) jellyfish venom using polyclonal antibody. |
| PubMed: | Recent advances in the understanding of brown spider venoms: From the biology of spiders to the molecular mechanisms of toxins. |
| PubMed: | A Drosophila protease cascade member, seminal metalloprotease-1, is activated stepwise by male factors and requires female factors for full activity. |
| PubMed: | Structure and mechanism of a type III secretion protease, NleC. |
| PubMed: | Physicochemical properties of the modeled structure of astacin metalloprotease moulting enzyme NAS-36 and mapping the druggable allosteric space of Heamonchus contortus, Brugia malayi and Ceanorhabditis elegans via molecular dynamics simulation. |
| PubMed: | Functional similarity and molecular divergence of a novel reproductive transcriptome in two male-pregnant Syngnathus pipefish species. |
| PubMed: | Spit and venom from scytodes spiders: a diverse and distinct cocktail. |
| PubMed: | Comparative analysis of binding sites of human meprins with hydroxamic acid derivative by molecular dynamics simulation study. |
| PubMed: | Meprin-β regulates production of pro-inflammatory factors via a disintegrin and metalloproteinase-10 (ADAM-10) dependent pathway in macrophages. |
| PubMed: | SAS1B protein [ovastacin] shows temporal and spatial restriction to oocytes in several eutherian orders and initiates translation at the primary to secondary follicle transition. |
| PubMed: | Differential metalloprotease content and activity of three Loxosceles spider venoms revealed using two-dimensional electrophoresis approaches. |
| PubMed: | [Structural properties and functional importance of metzincin metalloproteinases]. |
| PubMed: | Potential tumor biomarkers identified in ovarian cyst fluid by quantitative proteomic analysis, iTRAQ. |
| PubMed: | Meprin A metalloproteinase and its role in acute kidney injury. |
| PubMed: | Molecular cloning and characterisation of in vitro immune response against astacin-like metalloprotease Ace-MTP-2 from Ancylostoma ceylanicum. |
| PubMed: | Meprins process matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9)/gelatinase B and enhance the activation kinetics by MMP-3. |
| PubMed: | Functional and structural insights into astacin metallopeptidases. |
| PubMed: | An oocyte-specific astacin family protease, alveolin, is released from cortical granules to trigger egg envelope hardening during fertilization in medaka (Oryzias latipes). |
| PubMed: | Meprinα transactivates the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) via ligand shedding, thereby enhancing colorectal cancer cell proliferation and migration. |
| PubMed: | Theoretical investigation of astacin proteolysis. |
| PubMed: | Attenuated BMP1 function compromises osteogenesis, leading to bone fragility in humans and zebrafish. |
| PubMed: | Ovastacin, a cortical granule protease, cleaves ZP2 in the zona pellucida to prevent polyspermy. |
| PubMed: | Molecular cloning and characterization of hatching enzyme-like geneII (BmHELII) in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. |
| PubMed: | Differential expression profiling of orange-spotted grouper larvae, Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton), that survived a betanodavirus outbreak. |
| PubMed: | Metal preferences of zinc-binding motif on metalloproteases. |
| PubMed: | Astacin-like metallo-endopeptidase is dynamically expressed in embryonic stem cells and embryonic epithelium during morphogenesis. |
| PubMed: | The Drosophila melanogaster seminal fluid protease "seminase" regulates proteolytic and post-mating reproductive processes. |
| PubMed: | Expression profiling, gene silencing and transcriptional networking of metzincin metalloproteases in the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. |
| PubMed: | Identification of a mutation causing deficient BMP1/mTLD proteolytic activity in autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta. |
| PubMed: | Life cycle stage-resolved proteomic analysis of the excretome/secretome from Strongyloides ratti--identification of stage-specific proteases. |
| PubMed: | First transcriptome of the testis-vas deferens-male accessory gland and proteome of the spermatophore from Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae). |
| PubMed: | Spinning gland transcriptomics from two main clades of spiders (order: Araneae)--insights on their molecular, anatomical and behavioral evolution. |
| PubMed: | Proteomic analyses reveal an acidic prime side specificity for the astacin metalloprotease family reflected by physiological substrates. |
| PubMed: | Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)1-3 enhances bone repair. |
| PubMed: | Strongyloides stercoralis excretory/secretory protein strongylastacin specifically recognized by IgE antibodies in infected human sera. |
| PubMed: | Transcripts analysis of infective larvae of an intestinal nematode, Strongyloides venezuelensis. |
| PubMed: | Fetuin-A and cystatin C are endogenous inhibitors of human meprin metalloproteases. |
| PubMed: | The astacin metalloprotease moulting enzyme NAS-36 is required for normal cuticle ecdysis in free-living and parasitic nematodes. |
| PubMed: | Intron-loss evolution of hatching enzyme genes in Teleostei. |
| PubMed: | Crystal structure of zebrafish hatching enzyme 1 from the zebrafish Danio rerio. |
| PubMed: | Astacin proteases cleave dentin sialophosphoprotein (Dspp) to generate dentin phosphoprotein (Dpp). |
| PubMed: | Cloning, characterisation and heterologous expression of an astacin metalloprotease, Sc-AST, from the entomoparasitic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. |
| PubMed: | A novel expression profile of the Loxosceles intermedia spider venomous gland revealed by transcriptome analysis. |
| PubMed: | Processing of procollagen III by meprins: new players in extracellular matrix assembly? |
| PubMed: | First evidence of bone morphogenetic protein 1 expression and activity in sheep ovarian follicles. |
| PubMed: | Role of the netrin-like domain of procollagen C-proteinase enhancer-1 in the control of metalloproteinase activity. |
| PubMed: | Proenzyme structure and activation of astacin metallopeptidase. |
| PubMed: | Hatching mechanism of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis. |
| PubMed: | Characterization of the astacin family of metalloproteases in C. elegans. |
| PubMed: | Collagen processing and cuticle formation is catalysed by the astacin metalloprotease DPY-31 in free-living and parasitic nematodes. |
| PubMed: | Astacin-like metalloproteases are a gene family of toxins present in the venom of different species of the brown spider (genus Loxosceles). |
| PubMed: | Activation of mammalian Tolloid-like 1 expression by hypoxia in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. |
| PubMed: | A meprin inhibitor suppresses atherosclerotic plaque formation in ApoE-/- mice. |
| PubMed: | Acclimatory responses of the Daphnia pulex proteome to environmental changes. II. Chronic exposure to different temperatures (10 and 20 degrees C) mainly affects protein metabolism. |
| PubMed: | Ecological function of myroilysin, a novel bacterial M12 metalloprotease with elastinolytic activity and a synergistic role in collagen hydrolysis, in biodegradation of deep-sea high-molecular-weight organic nitrogen. |
| PubMed: | Tolliod-like gene in Crassostrea ariakensis: Molecular cloning, structural characterization and expression by RLO stimulation. |
| PubMed: | [The astacin family of metalloproteinases]. |
| PubMed: | News from an ancient world: two novel astacin metalloproteases from the horseshoe crab. |
| PubMed: | Structural basis for the substrate specificity of bone morphogenetic protein 1/tolloid-like metalloproteases. |
| PubMed: | Special issue: metzincin metalloproteinases. |
| PubMed: | Meprins, membrane-bound and secreted astacin metalloproteinases. |
| PubMed: | A novel 2D-based approach to the discovery of candidate substrates for the metalloendopeptidase meprin. |
| PubMed: | Analysis of genes isolated from plated hemocytes of the Pacific oyster, Crassostreas gigas. |
| PubMed: | The metalloprotease meprinbeta processes E-cadherin and weakens intercellular adhesion. |
| PubMed: | Identification of softness syndrome-associated candidate genes and DNA sequence variation in the sea squirt, Halocynthia roretzi. |
| PubMed: | Comparative expression and tissue distribution analyses of astacin-like squid metalloprotease in squid and cuttlefish. |
| PubMed: | cDNA microarray analyses reveal candidate marker genes for the detection of ascidian disease in Korea. |
| PubMed: | Biotechnological applications of brown spider (Loxosceles genus) venom toxins. |
| PubMed: | The midgut transcriptome of Lutzomyia longipalpis: comparative analysis of cDNA libraries from sugar-fed, blood-fed, post-digested and Leishmania infantum chagasi-infected sand flies. |
| PubMed: | Identifying common metalloprotease inhibitors by protein fold types using Fourier transform mass spectrometry. |
| PubMed: | Identification of midgut microvillar proteins from Tenebrio molitor and Spodoptera frugiperda by cDNA library screenings with antibodies. |
| PubMed: | Identification, cloning, expression and functional characterization of an astacin-like metalloprotease toxin from Loxosceles intermedia (brown spider) venom. |
| PubMed: | Two alpha subunits and one beta subunit of meprin zinc-endopeptidases are differentially expressed in the zebrafish Danio rerio. |
| PubMed: | The protease domain of procollagen C-proteinase (BMP1) lacks substrate selectivity, which is conferred by non-proteolytic domains. |
| PubMed: | Microarray analyses of newborn mouse ovaries lacking Nobox. |
| PubMed: | Identification and characterization of onchoastacin, an astacin-like metalloproteinase from the filaria Onchocerca volvulus. |
| PubMed: | Compartmentalised expression of meprin in small intestinal mucosa: enhanced expression in lamina propria in coeliac disease. |
| PubMed: | Molecular cloning and characterization of Ac-MTP-2, an astacin-like metalloprotease released by adult Ancylostoma caninum. |
| PubMed: | Pf-ALMP, a novel astacin-like metalloproteinase with cysteine arrays, is abundant in hemocytes of pearl oyster Pinctada fucata. |
| PubMed: | Gene cooption without duplication during the evolution of a male-pregnancy gene in pipefish. |
| PubMed: | Predicted seminal astacin-like protease is required for processing of reproductive proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. |
| PubMed: | Inhibition of bone morphogenetic protein 1 by native and altered forms of alpha2-macroglobulin. |
| PubMed: | Protease domain glycans affect oligomerization, disulfide bond formation, and stability of the meprin A metalloprotease homo-oligomer. |
| PubMed: | Evolution of teleostean hatching enzyme genes and their paralogous genes. |
| PubMed: | cDNA cloning, purification and properties of Paralithodes camtschatica metalloprotease. |
| PubMed: | The interaction of recombinant subdomains of the procollagen C-proteinase with procollagen I provides a quantitative explanation for functional differences between the two splice variants, mammalian tolloid and bone morphogenetic protein 1. |
| PubMed: | Developmental roles of the BMP1/TLD metalloproteinases. |
| PubMed: | Characterization of astaxanthin esters in Haematococcus pluvialis by liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry. |
| PubMed: | A survey of the intestinal transcriptomes of the hookworms, Necator americanus and Ancylostoma caninum, using tissues isolated by laser microdissection microscopy. |
| PubMed: | Evolution of astacin-like metalloproteases in animals and their function in development. |
| PubMed: | Mammalian tolloid-like 1 binds procollagen C-proteinase enhancer protein 1 and differs from bone morphogenetic protein 1 in the functional roles of homologous protein domains. |
| PubMed: | Overexpression and mechanistic characterization of blastula protease 10, a metalloprotease involved in sea urchin embryogenesis and development. |
| PubMed: | Astacin family metallopeptidases and serine peptidase inhibitors in spider digestive fluid. |
| PubMed: | Ancylostoma caninum MTP-1, an astacin-like metalloprotease secreted by infective hookworm larvae, is involved in tissue migration. |
| PubMed: | Biomimetic zinc funnel complexes based on calix[6]N3ArO ligands: an acid-base switch for guest binding. |
| PubMed: | Expression and tissue distribution of astacin-like squid metalloprotease (ALSM). |
| PubMed: | Cloning of a quail homologue of hatching enzyme: its conserved function and additional function in egg envelope digestion. |
| PubMed: | Identification of an astacin-like metallo-proteinase transcript from the infective larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis. |
| PubMed: | cimp1, a novel astacin family metalloproteinase gene from East African cichlids, is differentially expressed between species during growth. |
| PubMed: | Identification of the minimal domain structure of bone morphogenetic protein-1 (BMP-1) for chordinase activity: chordinase activity is not enhanced by procollagen C-proteinase enhancer-1 (PCPE-1). |
| PubMed: | Molecular analysis of astacin-like metalloproteases of Ostertagia ostertagi. |
| PubMed: | Gene interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans define DPY-31 as a candidate procollagen C-proteinase and SQT-3/ROL-4 as its predicted major target. |
| PubMed: | Metalloproteases with EGF, CUB, and thrombospondin-1 domains function in molting of Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| PubMed: | Identification and characterization of human and mouse ovastacin: a novel metalloproteinase similar to hatching enzymes from arthropods, birds, amphibians, and fish. |
| PubMed: | Structure and developmental expression of hatching enzyme genes of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica: an aspect of the evolution of fish hatching enzyme gene. |
| PubMed: | Solubility properties of a 65-kDa peptide prepared by restricted digestion of myosin with astacin-like squid metalloprotease. |
| PubMed: | Purification and cloning of an endogenous protein inhibitor of carp nephrosin, an astacin metalloproteinase. |
| PubMed: | The astacin protein family in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| PubMed: | The role of the matrix metalloproteinases in human endometrial and ovarian cycles. |
| PubMed: | Human meprin alpha and beta homo-oligomers: cleavage of basement membrane proteins and sensitivity to metalloprotease inhibitors. |
| PubMed: | Meprin proteolytic complexes at the cell surface and in extracellular spaces. |
| PubMed: | Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced ectodomain shedding and phosphorylation of the human meprinbeta metalloprotease. |
| PubMed: | Critical amino acids in the active site of meprin metalloproteinases for substrate and peptide bond specificity. |
| PubMed: | Differences in the activation mechanism between the alpha and beta subunits of human meprin. |
| PubMed: | Characterization and cloning of metallo-proteinase in the excretory/secretory products of the infective-stage larva of Trichinella spiralis. |
| PubMed: | Expression of meprins in health and disease. |
| PubMed: | The Cu(II) acetate complex of the heteroscorpionate ligand (2-hydroxy-3-t-butyl-methylphenyl)bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)methane: a structural model for copper-substituted serralysin and astacin. |
| PubMed: | Mammalian tolloid metalloproteinase, and not matrix metalloprotease 2 or membrane type 1 metalloprotease, processes laminin-5 in keratinocytes and skin. |
| PubMed: | Activation mechanism of pro-astacin: role of the pro-peptide, tryptic and autoproteolytic cleavage and importance of precise amino-terminal processing. |
| PubMed: | Zinc ligands in an astacin family metalloprotease meprin A. |
| PubMed: | Cloning and biochemical characterization of astacin-like squid metalloprotease. |
| PubMed: | Human meprin beta: O-linked glycans in the intervening region of the type I membrane protein protect the C-terminal region from proteolytic cleavage and diminish its secretion. |
| PubMed: | Structure, expression, and developmental function of early divergent forms of metalloproteinases in hydra. |
| PubMed: | Activation of human meprin-alpha in a cell culture model of colorectal cancer is triggered by the plasminogen-activating system. |
| PubMed: | Purification and Biochemical Characterization of the Hatching Enzyme from Xenopus laevis. |
| PubMed: | The 1.35 A structure of cadmium-substituted TM-3, a snake-venom metalloproteinase from Taiwan habu: elucidation of a TNFalpha-converting enzyme-like active-site structure with a distorted octahedral geometry of cadmium. |
| PubMed: | Mechanistic studies of the astacin-like Serratia metalloendopeptidase serralysin: highly active (>2000%) Co(II) and Cu(II) derivatives for further corroboration of a "metallotriad" mechanism. |
| PubMed: | Arylamidase activity of neutral proteinase from Saccharomonospora canescens. Comparison with other Zn-proteinases that exhibit the same activity. |
| PubMed: | Characterization of the proteolytic enzymes in the midgut of the European Cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). |
| PubMed: | Proteinases of the bone morphogenetic protein-1 family convert procollagen VII to mature anchoring fibril collagen. |
| PubMed: | Expression cloning in ascidians: isolation of a novel member of the asctacin protease family. |
| PubMed: | A developmentally regulated metalloprotease secreted by host-stimulated Ancylostoma caninum third-stage infective larvae is a member of the astacin family of proteases. |
| PubMed: | Properties of the hatching enzyme from Xenopus laevis. |
| PubMed: | Simultaneous immunoblotting analysis with activity gel electrophoresis in a single polyacrylamide gel. |
| PubMed: | Comparing protein structures: a Gaussian-based approach to the three-dimensional structural similarity of proteins. |
| PubMed: | Activation of pro-astacin. Immunological and model peptide studies on the processing of immature astacin, a zinc-endopeptidase from the crayfish Astacus astacus. |
| PubMed: | Identification of amino acid residues in bone morphogenetic protein-1 important for procollagen C-proteinase activity. |
| PubMed: | Marked differences between metalloproteases meprin A and B in substrate and peptide bond specificity. |
| PubMed: | The roles of Glu93 and Tyr149 in astacin-like zinc peptidases. |
| PubMed: | Cloning of the chick BMP1/Tolloid cDNA and expression in skeletal tissues. |
| PubMed: | Structure and function of procollagen C-proteinase (mTolloid) domains determined by protease digestion, circular dichroism, binding to procollagen type I, and computer modeling. |
| PubMed: | Identification and cDNA cloning of alveolin, an extracellular metalloproteinase, which induces chorion hardening of medaka (Oryzias latipes) eggs upon fertilization. |
| PubMed: | Hydra metalloproteinase 1: a secreted astacin metalloproteinase whose apical axis expression is differentially regulated during head regeneration. |
| PubMed: | Human N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid hydrolase (human meprin): genomic structure of the alpha and beta subunits. |
| PubMed: | Identification and characterization of hydra metalloproteinase 2 (HMP2): a meprin-like astacin metalloproteinase that functions in foot morphogenesis. |
| PubMed: | Heterologously overexpressed, affinity-purified human meprin alpha is functionally active and cleaves components of the basement membrane in vitro. |
| PubMed: | cDNA cloning, bacterial expression, in vitro renaturation and affinity purification of the zinc endopeptidase astacin. |
| PubMed: | Identification of an astacin matrix metalloprotease as target gene for Hydra foot activator peptides. |
| PubMed: | Purification and characterization of a novel isoform of myosinase from spear squid liver. |
| PubMed: | The NTR module: domains of netrins, secreted frizzled related proteins, and type I procollagen C-proteinase enhancer protein are homologous with tissue inhibitors of metalloproteases. |
| PubMed: | Identification and localization of MEP1A-like sequences (MEP1AL1-4) in the human genome. |
| PubMed: | The mammalian Tolloid-like 1 gene, Tll1, is necessary for normal septation and positioning of the heart. |
| PubMed: | N-Benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid hydrolase beta (human meprinbeta). A 13-amino-acid sequence is required for proteolyticprocessing and subsequent secretion. |
| PubMed: | A three-dimensional construction of the active site (region 507-749) of human neutral endopeptidase (EC.3.4.24.11). |
| PubMed: | Nonpolarized secretion of human meprin alpha in colorectal cancer generates an increased proteolytic potential in the stroma. |
| PubMed: | Regulation of BMP signaling by the BMP1/TLD-related metalloprotease, SpAN. |
| PubMed: | Secretion of human meprin from intestinal epithelial cells depends on differential expression of the alpha and beta subunits. |
| PubMed: | The active site structure of tetanus neurotoxin resolved by multiple scattering analysis in X-Ray absorption spectroscopy. |
| PubMed: | A toxin homology domain in an astacin-like metalloproteinase of the jellyfish Podocoryne carnea with a dual role in digestion and development. |
| PubMed: | Cloning and characterization of a cDNA coding for Astacus embryonic astacin, a member of the astacin family of metalloproteases from the crayfish Astacus astacus. |
| PubMed: | Phosphinic peptides, the first potent inhibitors of astacin, behave as extremely slow-binding inhibitors. |
| PubMed: | Reprolysins and astacins...alive, alive-o. |
| PubMed: | Activation mechanism of meprins, members of the astacin metalloendopeptidase family. |
| PubMed: | C-cytosolic and transmembrane domains of the N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid hydrolase alpha subunit (human meprin alpha) are essential for its retention in the endoplasmic reticulum and C-terminal processing. |
| PubMed: | Polarised expression of human intestinal N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid hydrolase (human meprin) alpha and beta subunits in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. |
| PubMed: | Purification and cloning of carp nephrosin, a secreted zinc endopeptidase of the astacin family. |
| PubMed: | Kinetic characterization of the serralysins: a divergent catalytic mechanism pertaining to astacin-type metalloproteases. |
| PubMed: | Correlation of the exon/intron organization to the secondary structures of the protease domain of mouse meprin alpha subunit. |
| PubMed: | Species-dependent migration of fish hatching gland cells that express astacin-like proteases in common [corrected]. |
| PubMed: | Molecular cloning of Xenopus hatching enzyme and its specific expression in hatching gland cells. |
| PubMed: | Genomic organization of the zinc-endopeptidase astacin. |
| PubMed: | Failure of ventral body wall closure in mouse embryos lacking a procollagen C-proteinase encoded by Bmp1, a mammalian gene related to Drosophila tolloid. |
| PubMed: | Focalized proteolysis: spatial and temporal regulation of extracellular matrix degradation at the cell surface. |
| PubMed: | A HhaI polymorphism in the human MEP1A gene encoding the alpha subunit of the metalloendopeptidase meprin. |
| PubMed: | hch-1, a gene required for normal hatching and normal migration of a neuroblast in C. elegans, encodes a protein related to TOLLOID and BMP-1. |
| PubMed: | Structure of astacin with a transition-state analogue inhibitor. |
| PubMed: | Structure of the gene encoding the sea urchin blastula protease 10 (BP10), a member of the astacin family of Zn2+-metalloproteases. |
| PubMed: | BMP-1 and the astacin family of metalloproteinases: a potential link between the extracellular matrix, growth factors and pattern formation. |
| PubMed: | Characterization of a SpAN promoter sufficient to mediate correct spatial regulation along the animal-vegetal axis of the sea urchin embryo. |
| PubMed: | The C-proteinase that processes procollagens to fibrillar collagens is identical to the protein previously identified as bone morphogenic protein-1. |
| PubMed: | Different exon-intron organizations of the genes for two astacin-like proteases, high choriolytic enzyme (choriolysin H) and low choriolytic enzyme (choriolysin L), the constituents of the fish hatching enzyme. |
| PubMed: | X-ray structure of a hydroxamate inhibitor complex of stromelysin catalytic domain and its comparison with members of the zinc metalloproteinase superfamily. |
| PubMed: | Designing inhibitors of the metalloproteinase superfamily: comparative analysis of representative structures. |
| PubMed: | X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of zinc coordination in tetanus neurotoxin, astacin, alkaline protease and thermolysin. |
| PubMed: | A novel meprin beta' mRNA in mouse embryonal and human colon carcinoma cells. |
| PubMed: | Mapping of the active site zinc ligands of peptide deformylase. |
| PubMed: | Matrilysin: expression, purification, and characterization. |
| PubMed: | Proteolytic processing of the alpha-subunit of rat endopeptidase-24.18 by furin. |
| PubMed: | The astacin family of metalloendopeptidases. |
| PubMed: | A 25.7 x 10(3) M(r) hydra metalloproteinase (HMP1), a member of the astacin family, localizes to the extracellular matrix of Hydra vulgaris in a head-specific manner and has a developmental function. |
| PubMed: | Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of flavastacin: an O-glycosylated prokaryotic zinc metalloendopeptidase. |
| PubMed: | The metzincins--topological and sequential relations between the astacins, adamalysins, serralysins, and matrixins (collagenases) define a superfamily of zinc-peptidases. |
| PubMed: | cDNA cloning and deduced amino acid sequence of prothrombin activator (ecarin) from Kenyan Echis carinatus venom. |
| PubMed: | Astacin. |
| PubMed: | Characterization of tolloid-related-1: a BMP-1-like product that is required during larval and pupal stages of Drosophila development. |
| PubMed: | The univin gene encodes a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily with restricted expression in the sea urchin embryo. |
| PubMed: | Families of zinc metalloproteases. |
| PubMed: | The cleavage of the bait region of alpha 2-macroglobulin by human immunodeficiency virus proteinases and by astacin. |
| PubMed: | Characterization of a membrane-bound metalloendoprotease of rat C6 glioblastoma cells. |
| PubMed: | The crystal structure of adamalysin II, a zinc-endopeptidase from the snake venom of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus. |
| PubMed: | Crystal structures of recombinant 19-kDa human fibroblast collagenase complexed to itself. |
| PubMed: | Crystal structures, spectroscopic features, and catalytic properties of cobalt(II), copper(II), nickel(II), and mercury(II) derivatives of the zinc endopeptidase astacin. A correlation of structure and proteolytic activity. |
| PubMed: | Refined 2.0 A X-ray crystal structure of the snake venom zinc-endopeptidase adamalysin II. Primary and tertiary structure determination, refinement, molecular structure and comparison with astacin, collagenase and thermolysin. |
| PubMed: | Zinc content of promatrilysin, matrilysin and the stromelysin catalytic domain. |
| PubMed: | Retrospective analysis of a secondary structure prediction: the catalytic domain of matrix metalloproteinases. |
| PubMed: | Membrane association and oligomeric organization of the alpha and beta subunits of mouse meprin A. |
| PubMed: | Expression of rat endopeptidase-24.18 in COS-1 cells: membrane topology and activity. |
| PubMed: | Embryonic expression of mouse bone morphogenetic protein-1 (BMP-1), which is related to the Drosophila dorsoventral gene tolloid and encodes a putative astacin metalloendopeptidase. |
| PubMed: | A kinetic comparison of the homologous proteases astacin and meprin A. |
| PubMed: | Expression of meprin subunit precursors. Membrane anchoring through the beta subunit and mechanism of zymogen activation. |
| PubMed: | Characterization of a homolog of human bone morphogenetic protein 1 in the embryo of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. |
| PubMed: | Two domains of the tolloid protein contribute to its unusual genetic interaction with decapentaplegic. |
| PubMed: | Structure of the catalytic domain of human fibroblast collagenase complexed with an inhibitor. |
| PubMed: | Structure of the catalytic domain of fibroblast collagenase complexed with an inhibitor. |
| PubMed: | A new member to the astacin family of metalloendopeptidases: a novel 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3-stimulated mRNA from chorioallantoic membrane of quail. |
| PubMed: | Cloning of the PABA peptide hydrolase alpha subunit (PPH alpha) from human small intestine and its expression in COS-1 cells. |
| PubMed: | Rat endopeptidase-24.18 alpha subunit is secreted into the culture medium as a zymogen when expressed by COS-1 cells. |
| PubMed: | Assignments for the main-chain nuclear magnetic resonances and delineation of the secondary structure of the catalytic domain of human stromelysin-1 as obtained from triple-resonance 3D NMR experiments. |
| PubMed: | The precursor region of a protein active in sperm-egg fusion contains a metalloprotease and a disintegrin domain: structural, functional, and evolutionary implications. |
| PubMed: | First structure of a snake venom metalloproteinase: a prototype for matrix metalloproteinases/collagenases. |
| PubMed: | Cloning, expression, and chromosomal localization of the mouse meprin beta subunit. |
| PubMed: | Astacins, serralysins, snake venom and matrix metalloproteinases exhibit identical zinc-binding environments (HEXXHXXGXXH and Met-turn) and topologies and should be grouped into a common family, the 'metzincins'. |
| PubMed: | Three-dimensional structure of the alkaline protease of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a two-domain protein with a calcium binding parallel beta roll motif. |
| PubMed: | Implications of the three-dimensional structure of astacin for the structure and function of the astacin family of zinc-endopeptidases. |
| PubMed: | Refined 1.8 A X-ray crystal structure of astacin, a zinc-endopeptidase from the crayfish Astacus astacus L. Structure determination, refinement, molecular structure and comparison with thermolysin. |
| PubMed: | Families of metalloendopeptidases and their relationships. |
| PubMed: | Isolation of cDNAs for LCE and HCE, two constituent proteases of the hatching enzyme of Oryzias latipes, and concurrent expression of their mRNAs during development. |
| PubMed: | Structure of astacin and implications for activation of astacins and zinc-ligation of collagenases. |
| PubMed: | The alpha subunit of meprin A. Molecular cloning and sequencing, differential expression in inbred mouse strains, and evidence for divergent evolution of the alpha and beta subunits. |
| PubMed: | The astacin family of metalloendopeptidases. |
| PubMed: | Kinetics of nitroanilide cleavage by astacin. |
| PubMed: | [Incidence of astacin in neonfish]. |