ADAMTS8

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A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 8 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADAMTS8 gene.[1][2]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) protein family. Members of the family share several distinct protein modules, including a propeptide region, a metalloproteinase domain, a disintegrin-like domain, and a thrombospondin type 1 (TS) motif. Individual members of this family differ in the number of C-terminal TS motifs, and some have unique C-terminal domains. The enzyme encoded by this gene contains two C-terminal TS motifs, and disrupts angiogenesis in vivo.[2]

Clinical significance

A number of disorders have been mapped in the vicinity of this gene, most notably lung neoplasms.[2]

References

  1. Vazquez F, Hastings G, Ortega MA, Lane TF, Oikemus S, Lombardo M, Iruela-Arispe ML (Sep 1999). "METH-1, a human ortholog of ADAMTS-1, and METH-2 are members of a new family of proteins with angio-inhibitory activity". J Biol Chem. 274 (33): 23349–57. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.33.23349. PMID 10438512.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Entrez Gene: ADAMTS8 ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 8".

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.