Protein
Interstitial collagenase A
Function
Cleaves collagens of types I, II, and III at one site in the helical domain. Also cleaves collagens of types VII and X (By similarity). Able to degrade synthetic peptides and type I and II fibrillar collagen.
Similarity
Belongs to the peptidase M10A family.
Sequence
MPSLPLLLLLWAASSYSFPVFHNGDRQNVETVWKYLENYYNLGKNMQAKNVNGKEMMAEKLRQMQQLFGLKVTGNSDPETLRAMKKPRCGVPDVAPYAITHNNPRWTKTHLTYSILNYTPYLPKAVVEDAIARAFRVWSDVTPLTFQRVFEEEGDIVLSFHRGDHGDNNPFDGPNYKLAHTFQPGPGLGGDVHYDLDETWTNSSENFNLFYVTAHELGHSLGLTHSSDIGALMFPSYTWYTEDFVLNQDDINRIQDLYGPSPNPIQPTGATTPHPCNGDLTFDAITTFRGEVFFFKGRFYIRVNRFMPEPELNLIGILWPNLPVKLDAAYEASMIDQVRYFKGSKVWAVQEQSVLRGFPRDIHSFFGFPSNVTHIDAAVCEEETGKTYFFVDHMYWRYDENTQSMDPGYPRLTAEDFPGIDDKVDDVFQKGENFYFFHQSVQHRFNLQIRRVDDSRDSSTWFNC