Title : Matrix metalloproteinase-2 is an interstitial collagenase. Inhibitor-free enzyme catalyzes the cleavage of collagen fibrils and soluble native type I collagen generating the specific 3/4- and 1/4-length fragments.

Pub. Date : 1995 Mar 17

PMID : 7890717






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 MMP-2 cleaves at the same Gly-Ile/Leu bond in the collagen alpha chains as interstitial collagenases with kcat and Km values similar to that of MMP-1. Isoleucine matrix metallopeptidase 2 Homo sapiens