UNIPROT #

O14672

PROTEIN NAME

ADAM10

SYNONYMS

A disintegrin and metalloprotease domain 10 antibody; A disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain 10 antibody; AD 10 antibody; AD10 antibody; AD18 antibody; ADA10_HUMAN antibody; ADAM 10 antibody; ADAM metallopeptidase domain 10 antibody; ADAM10 antibody; CD 156c antibody; CD156c antibody; CD156c antigen antibody; CDw156 antibody; disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain containing protein 10 antibody; Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 10 antibody; HsT 18717 antibody; HsT18717 antibody; Kuz antibody; Kuzbanian antibody; Kuzbanian protein homolog antibody; Kuzbanian, Drosophila, homolog of antibody; MADM antibody; Mammalian disintegrin metalloprotease antibody; Mammalian disintegrin-metalloprotease antibody; RAK antibody

TISSUE SPECIFICITY

Expressed in the brain (at protein level). Expressed in spleen, lymph node, thymus, peripheral blood leukocyte, bone marrow, cartilage, chondrocytes and fetal liver.

POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION

The precursor is cleaved by furin and PCSK7.

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION

Golgi apparatus. Plasma membrane.

FUNCTION

ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) proteins are a family of over 30 membrane-anchored, glycosylated, Zn2+ dependent proteases that are involved in cell-cell, cell-matrix interface related processes including fertilization, muscle fusion, secretion of TNFα (tumor necrosis factor α), and modulation of the neurogenic function of Notch and Delta. ADAM proteins possess a signal-domain, a pro-domain, a metalloprotease domain, a disintegrin domain (integrin ligand) a cysteine-rich region, an epidermal growth factor-like domain, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic tail. ADAMs are expressed in brain, testis, epididymis, ovary, breast, placenta, liver, heart, lung, bone and muscle, and catalyze proteolysis, adhesion, fusion and intracellular signaling. ADAM10 is a TNF-processing enzyme that cleaves pro-TNF, a membrane-bound precusor protein, at Ala 76-Val 77, which causes membrane shedding of soluble TNF.