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Abstract
The ubiquitously expressed transmembrane protein a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10 (ADAM10) functions as a "molecular scissor", by cleaving the extracellular regions from its membrane protein substrates in a process termed ectodomain shedding. ADAM10 is known to have over 100 substrates including Notch, amyloid precursor protein, cadherins, and growth factors, and is important in health and implicated in diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's. The tetraspanins are a superfamily of membrane proteins that interact with specific partner proteins to regulate their intracellular trafficking, lateral mobility, and clustering at the cell surface. We and others have shown that ADAM10 interacts with a subgroup of six tetraspanins, termed the TspanC8 subgroup, which are closely related by protein sequence and comprise Tspan5, Tspan10, Tspan14, Tspan15, Tspan17, and Tspan33. Recent evidence suggests that different TspanC8/ADAM10 complexes have distinct substrates and that ADAM10 should not be regarded as a single scissor, but as six different TspanC8/ADAM10 scissor complexes. This review discusses the published evidence for this "six scissor" hypothesis and the therapeutic potential this offers.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 6707 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 23 Jun 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: N.H. was funded by BBSRC grant BB/P00783X/1; C.Z.K. was funded by BHF grant FS/18/9/33388.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Keywords
- ADAM10
- Ectodomain shedding
- Membrane protein
- Metalloproteinase
- Tetraspanin
- TspanC8
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Molecular Biology
- Spectroscopy
- Computer Science Applications
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
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Understanding the mechanism by which tetraspanins regulate the 'molecular scissor' ADAM10
Dafforn, T., Tomlinson, M. & Gough, R.
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
1/07/17 → 30/06/20
Project: Research Councils