Cloning of a novel membrane-linked metalloproteinase from human myeloma cells

Biochem J. 1996 Sep 1;318 ( Pt 2)(Pt 2):459-62. doi: 10.1042/bj3180459.

Abstract

We have isolated a novel cDNA from human myeloma cells encoding a member of the reprolysin family of metalloproteinases. Derived amino acid sequence predicts a protein of approx. 76 kDa. The open reading frame predicts the presence of a leader peptide, a pro-peptide with a 'cysteine switch', a metalloproteinase domain, a disintegrin-like domain, a cysteine-rich domain, an epidermal growth factor-like domain and a putative transmembrane sequence. Expression of the mRNA for this metalloproteinase has been demonstrated in human myeloma cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Membrane / enzymology
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA Primers
  • Disintegrins / chemistry
  • Female
  • Gene Library
  • Humans
  • Metalloendopeptidases / biosynthesis*
  • Metalloendopeptidases / chemistry
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Placenta / enzymology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Pregnancy
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Disintegrins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Metalloendopeptidases