Human ADAMTS8 Alexa Fluor® 700-conjugated Antibody

Applications

Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Preparation and Storage

Background: ADAMTS8

ADAMTS8 (A disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs 8; also METH-2) is a 95 kDa member of an ADAMTS subfamily of Zn metalloproteases that includes ADAMST-1, -4, -5 and -15. It is expressed by chrondrocytes, neurons, astrocytes and macrophages, and likely participates in proteoglycan (aggrecan) proteolysis. Human proADAMTS8 is a secreted, 863 amino acid (aa) glycoprotein. It is highly modular and contains a proregion (aa 27-213), a peptidase M12B domain (aa 219-429), a disintegrin region (aa 438-525), and two TSP type I sequences (aa 526-888) that are separated by an intervening spacer domain (aa 690-831). Cleavage of the proregion generates a mature 80 kDa molecule that may undergo additional processing to create a 65-67 kDa truncated form. There are two potential splice variants. One shows a 31 aa substitution for aa 411-889, while another shows an alternative start site at Met231. Over aa 29-691, human ADAMTS8 shares 79% aa identity with mouse ADAMTS8.

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Related Research Areas

• Metalloproteases and Regulators