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ADAMTS5

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ADAMTS5
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A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5 also known as ADAMTS5 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADAMTS5 gene.[5][6]

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Function

ADAMTS5 is a member of the ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) protein family. Members of the family share several distinct protein modules, including a propeptide region, a metalloproteinase domain, a disintegrin-like domain, and a thrombospondin type 1 (TS) motif. Individual members of this family differ in the number of C-terminal TS motifs, and some have unique C-terminal domains. The enzyme encoded by this gene contains two C-terminal TS motifs and functions as aggrecanase to cleave aggrecan, a major proteoglycan of cartilage.[7] ADAMTS5 may also have a role in the pathogenesis of human osteoarthritis.[8]

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Animal studies

Genetically modified mice in which the catalytic domain of ADAMTS5 was deleted are resistant to cartilage destruction in an experimental model of osteoarthritis.[9] ADAMTS5 is the major aggrecanase in mouse cartilage in a mouse model of inflammatory arthritis.[10]

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