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A metalloproteinase disintegrin that releases tumour-necrosis factor-alpha from cellsR A Black
Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Nature 385:729-33. 1997..Our results should facilitate the development of therapeutically useful inhibitors of TNF-alpha release, and they indicate that an important function of adamalysins may be to shed cell-surface proteins...
The identification of seven metalloproteinase-disintegrin (ADAM) genes from genomic librariesK Poindexter
Immunex Corporation, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Gene 237:61-70. 1999..1, 8p23, and 14q24.1, respectively. An ancestral analysis of all known ADAMs indicates that the zinc-binding motif in the catalytic domain arose once in a common ancestor and was lost by those members lacking this motif...
Functional analysis of the domain structure of tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzymeP Reddy
Department of Cell Sciences, Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
J Biol Chem 275:14608-14. 2000..IL-1R-II shedding required the cysteine-rich domain of TACE as well as the catalytic domain, whereas TNF and p75 TNFR shedding required only the tethered TACE catalytic domain...
Isolation of two novel metalloproteinase-disintegrin (ADAM) cDNAs that show testis-specific gene expressionD P Cerretti
Immunex Corporation, 51 University Street, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 263:810-5. 1999..An ancestral analysis of all known mammalian ADAMs indicates that the zinc-binding motif in the catalytic domain arose once in a common ancestor and was subsequently lost by those members lacking this motif...
An essential role for ectodomain shedding in mammalian developmentJ J Peschon
Immunex Corporation, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Science 282:1281-4. 1998..The phenotype of mice lacking TACE suggests an essential role for soluble TGFalpha in normal development and emphasizes the importance of protein ectodomain shedding in vivo...
Expression and purification of correctly processed, active human TACE catalytic domain in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeH R Clarke
Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Protein Expr Purif 13:104-10. 1998..Mass spectrometry of the purified catalytic domain showed that removal of both N-linked sites results in a homogeneous sized polypeptide lacking further posttranslational modifications...
Further evidence for a common mechanism for shedding of cell surface proteinsJ Mullberg
Immunex Corporation, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
FEBS Lett 401:235-8. 1997....
Characterization of the cDNA and gene for mouse tumour necrosis factor alpha converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM17) and its location to mouse chromosome 12 and human chromosome 2p25D P Cerretti
Immunex Corporation, 51 University St, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA
Cytokine 11:541-51. 1999..The gene for TACE/ADAM17 is approximately 50 kb and contains 19 exons. Chromosomal mapping places TACE/ADAM17 on mouse chromosome 12 and human chromosome 2p25...
Stimulation-induced down-regulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzymeJ R Doedens
Department of Research Administration, Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
J Biol Chem 275:14598-607. 2000..Thus, PMA activates shedding and causes the down-regulation of a major "sheddase," suggesting that induced shedding may be regulated by a mechanism that decreases the amount of active TACE on the cell surface...
Purification of interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme, the protease that cleaves the interleukin-1 beta precursorS R Kronheim
Protein Chemistry Department, Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98101
Arch Biochem Biophys 296:698-703. 1992..An antiserum raised against a peptide based on the N-terminus was used to precipitate the protease, confirming our identification of the 22,000-Da protein as the IL-1 beta converting enzyme...
Unaltered cleavage and secretion of angiotensin-converting enzyme in tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme-deficient miceR Sadhukhan
Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
J Biol Chem 274:10511-6. 1999..We demonstrate that soluble ACE-secretase from both sources failed to cleave its substrate in solution, suggesting a requirement for anchoring to the membrane...
A novel proteolytic cleavage involved in Notch signaling: the role of the disintegrin-metalloprotease TACEC Brou
Unité de Biologie Moléculaire de l Expression Génique, URA 1773 CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Mol Cell 5:207-16. 2000..Furthermore, experiments carried out on TACE-/- bone marrow-derived monocytic precursor cells suggest that this metalloprotease plays a prominent role in the activation of the Notch pathway...
Rapid and specific conversion of precursor interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) to an active IL-1 species by human mast cell chymaseH Mizutani
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110
J Exp Med 174:821-5. 1991..Mast cells lie in close apposition to blood vessels in dermis; therefore, chymase mediated conversion of 31 kD IL-1 beta might be expected to have a critical role in the initiation of the inflammatory response in skin...
Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of human tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzymeK Maskos
Max Planck Institut fur Biochemie, D 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:3408-12. 1998....
Acetylenic TACE inhibitors. Part 1. SAR of the acyclic sulfonamide hydroxamatesJ I Levin
Wyeth Research, 401 N Middletown Rd, Pearl River, NY 10965, USA
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 13:2799-803. 2003....
Anthranilate sulfonamide hydroxamate TACE inhibitors. Part 2: SAR of the acetylenic P1' groupJ I Levin
Wyeth Ayerst Research, 401N Middletown Road, Pearl River, NY 10965, USA
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 12:1199-202. 2002..In particular, compound 4t bearing a butynyloxy P1' moiety has excellent in vitro potency against isolated TACE enzyme and in cells, good selectivity over MMP-1 and oral activity in an in vivo model of TNF-alpha production...
Skeletal muscle cell hypertrophy induced by inhibitors of metalloproteases; myostatin as a potential mediatorC Huet
The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 281:C1624-34. 2001....
Growth hormone (GH)-induced dimerization inhibits phorbol ester-stimulated GH receptor proteolysisY Zhang
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
J Biol Chem 276:24565-73. 2001..The implications of these findings with regard to GH signaling and GHR down-regulation are discussed...
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) is a growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) sheddase: the metalloprotease TACE/ADAM-17 is critical for (PMA-induced) GH receptor proteolysis and GHBP generationY Zhang
Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Endocrinology 141:4342-8. 2000..We conclude that TACE is an enzyme required for PMA-induced GHBP shedding and that PMA-induced down-regulation of GHR abundance may in significant measure be attributable to TACE-mediated GHR proteolysis...
Evidence that tumor necrosis factor alpha converting enzyme is involved in regulated alpha-secretase cleavage of the Alzheimer amyloid protein precursorJ D Buxbaum
Departments of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Biol Chem 273:27765-7. 1998..Furthermore, we show that inhibiting this enzyme affects both APP secretion and Abeta formation in cultured cells...
Viral inhibition of inflammation: cowpox virus encodes an inhibitor of the interleukin-1 beta converting enzymeC A Ray
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
Cell 69:597-604. 1992..These viral countermeasures to host defenses against infection may contribute significantly to the pathology associated with poxvirus infections...
Molecular cloning of the murine IL-1 beta converting enzyme cDNAM A Nett
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110
J Immunol 149:3254-9. 1992..These studies establish that the IL-1 beta convertase is an evolutionarily conserved, widely expressed enzyme that can be regulated at a pretranslational level...
Complex patterns of genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird and the consequences for delimiting conservation unitsA B Phillimore
Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK
Mol Ecol 17:2839-53. 2008..A continuum of divergence and a degree of discordance between different characters are both to be expected under simple models of evolution, but they present problems in terms of delimiting conservation units...
