"ADAMTS5 Protein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An ADAMTS protease that contains two C-terminal thrombospondin (TS) motifs. It functions primarily as an aggrecanase, cleaving AGGRECAN in CARTILAGE, and may be involved in the destruction of aggrecan in ARTHRITIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000071116
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.675.374.102.500.875 D09.400.430.500.500.875 D12.776.395.033.500.875 D12.776.860.300.085.875
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| Concept/Terms |
ADAMTS5 Protein- ADAMTS5 Protein
- A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase With Thrombospondin Motifs 5 Protein
- ADAMTS11 Protein
- Aggrecanase-2
- Aggrecanase 2
- ADAMTS-5 Protein
- ADAMTS 5 Protein
- ADAMTS5 Protease
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