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collagenase
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collagenase [′kä·lə·jə‚nās]
(biochemistry)
Any proteinase that decomposes collagen and gelatin.
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1188 ing to their substrate specificity, primary structure, and cellular localization, these enzymes can be divided into at least five different subfamilies of closely related members known as collagenases, gelatinases, stromelysins, matrilysins, and membrane-type MMPs (reviewed in Murphy et al, 2002).
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These MMPs are divided into five subgroups according to their substrate specificity and structural similarities: Collagenases, stromelysins, gelatinases, matrilysins and membrane-type MMPs (Mook et al.
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