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Table 1 Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their substrates

From: Matrix metalloproteinases in arthritic disease

MMP

Enzyme

Mr latent

Mr active

Known substrates

MMP-1

Interstitial collagenase (collagenase-1)

55,000

45,000

Collagens I, II, III, VII, VIII and X, gelatin, aggrecan, versican, proteoglycan link protein, casein, α1-proteinase inhibitor, α2-M, pregnancy zone protein, ovostatin, nidogen, MBP, proTNF, L-selectin, proMMP-2, proMMP-9

MMP-2

Gelatinase A

72,000

66,000

Collagens I, IV, V, VII, X, XI and XIV, gelatin, elastin, fibronectin, aggrecan, versican, proteoglycan link protein, MBP, proTNF, α1-proteinase inhibitor, proMMP-9, proMMP-13

MMP-3

Stromelysin-1

57,000

45,000

Collagens III, IV, IX and X, gelatin, aggrecan, versican, perlecan, nidogen, proteoglycan link protein, fibronectin, laminin, elastin, casein, fibrinogen, antithrombin-III, α2M, ovostatin, α1-proteinase inhibitor, MBP, proTNF, proMMP-1, proMMP-7, proMMP-8, proMMP-9, proMMP-13

MMP-7

Matrilysin-1 (PUMP-1)

28,000

19,000

Collagens IV and X, gelatin, aggrecan, proteoglycan link protein, fibronectin, laminin, entactin, elastin, casein, transferrin, MBP, α1-proteinase inhibitor, proTNF, proMMP-1, proMMP-2, proMMP-9

MMP-8

Neutrophil collagenase

75,000

58,000

Collagens I, II, III, V, VII, VIII and X, gelatin, aggrecan, α1-proteinase (collagenase-2) inhibitor, α2-antiplasmin, fibronectin

MMP-9

Gelatinase B

92,000

86,000

Collagens IV, V, VII, X and XIV, gelatin, elastin, aggrecan, versican, proteoglycan link protein, fibronectin, nidogen, α1-proteinase inhibitor, MBP, proTNF

MMP-10

Stromelysin-2

57,000

44,000

Collagens III, IV and V, gelatin, casein, aggrecan, elastin, proteoglycan link protein, fibronectin, proMMP-1, proMMP-8

MMP-11

Stromelysin-3

51,000

44,000

α1-proteinase inhibitor

MMP-12

Macrophage metalloelastase

54,000

45,000/ 22,000

Collagen IV, gelatin, elastin, α1-proteinase inhibitor, fibronectin, vitronectin, laminin, proTNF, MBP

MMP-13

Collagenase-3

60,000

48,000

Collagens I, II, III and IV, gelatin, plasminogen activator inhibitor 2, aggrecan, perlecan, tenascin

MMP-14

MT1-MMP

66,000

56,000

Collagens I, II and III, gelatin, casein, elastin, fibronectin, laminin B chain, vitronectin, aggrecan, dermatan sulfate proteoglycan, MMP-2, MMP-13, proTNF

MMP-15

MT2-MMP

72,000

60,000

proMMP-2, gelatin, fibronectin, tenascin, nidogen, laminin

MMP-16

MT3-MMP

64,000

52,000

proMMP-2

MMP-17

MT4-MMP

57,000

53,000

 

MMP-18

Xenopus collagenase

55,000

42,000

 

MMP-19

 

54,000

45,000

Collagen IV, gelatin, laminin, nidogen, tenascin, fibronectin, aggrecan, COMP

MMP-20

Enamelysin

54,000

22,000

Amelogenin

MMP-21

XMMP (xenopus)

70,000

53,000

 

MMP-22 (MMP-27)

CMMP (chicken)

52,000

43,000

Gelatin, casein

MMP-23

CA-MMP

?

?

 

MMP-24

MT5-MMP

63,000

45,000

proMMP-2, proMMP-9, gelatin

MMP-25

MT6-MMP, leukolysin

 

56,000

Collagen IV, gelatin, fibronectin, fibrin

MMP-26

Matrilysin-2, endometase

28,000

 

Collagen IV, fibronectin, fibrinogen, gelatin, α1-proteinase inhibitor, proMMP-9

MMP-28

Epilysin

59,000 (55,000)

 

Casein

  1. α2-M, α2-macroglobulin; COMP, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein; MBP, myelin basic protein; Mr, relative molecular mass; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.