Matrix Metalloproteinase-24 (MMP24) Mouse Recombinant Protein

This gene encodes a member of the matrix metalloproteinase family of extracellular matrix-degrading enzymes that are involved in tissue remodeling, wound repair, progression of atherosclerosis and tumor invasion. The encoded preproprotein undergoes proteolytic processing to generate a mature, zinc-dependent endopeptidase enzyme. Mice lacking the encoded protein do not develop neuropathic pain with mechanical allodynia after sciatic nerve injury, display enhanced sensitivity to noxious thermal stimuli under basal conditions, and develop hyperalgesia during inflammation. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

Metalloprotease that mediates cleavage of N-cadherin (CDH2) and acts as a regulator of neuro-immune interactions and neural stem cell quiescence (PubMed:19805319, PubMed:24952463). Involved in cell-cell interactions between nociceptive neurites and mast cells, possibly by mediating cleavage of CDH2, thereby acting as a mediator of peripheral thermal nociception and inflammatory hyperalgesia (PubMed:19805319). Key regulator of neural stem cells quiescence by mediating cleavage of CDH2, affecting CDH2-mediated anchorage of neural stem cells to ependymocytes in the adult subependymal zone, leading to modulate their quiescence (PubMed:24952463). May play a role in axonal growth (PubMed:11714638). Able to activate progelatinase A. May also be a proteoglycanase involved in degradation of proteoglycans, such as dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. Cleaves partially fibronectin, but not collagen type I, nor laminin (PubMed:10622708).