Anti-ADAMTS5

0.5mg/ml if reconstituted with 0.2ml sterile DI water. ADAMTS5 (A Disintegrin-Like and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin Type 1 Motif, 5), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADAMTS5 gene. ADAMTS5 is a member of the large ADAMTS family of zinc-dependent proteases. The enzyme encoded by this gene contains two C-terminal TS motifs and functions as aggrecanase to cleave aggrecan, a major proteoglycan of cartilage. By somatic cell hybrid analysis, the human ADAMTS5 gene is mapped to chromosome 21. Used mouse models, it is showed that Sdc4 controls a pathway that activates Adamts5 at the chondrocyte cell surface through Erk1/Erk2 activation of Mmp3. Protein function: Metalloproteinase that plays an important role in connective tissue organization, development, inflammation and cell migration. Extracellular matrix (ECM) degrading enzyme that show proteolytic activity toward the hyalectan group of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) including ACAN, VCAN, BCAN and NCAN (PubMed:16133547, PubMed:18992360). Cleavage within the hyalectans occurs at Glu-Xaa recognition motifs. Plays a role in embryonic development, including limb and cardiac morphogenesis, and skeletal muscle development through its VCAN remodeling properties. Cleaves VCAN in the pericellular matrix surrounding myoblasts, facilitating myoblast contact and fusion which is required for skeletal muscle development and regeneration. Participates in development of brown adipose tissue and browning of white adipose tissue. Plays an important role for T-lymphocyte migration from draining lymph nodes following viral infection. [The UniProt Consortium]