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SUBMITTER: Song X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3000986 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Xiaomin X Wang Xiaofeng X Zhuo Wei W Shi Hubing H Feng Dan D Sun Yi Y Liang Yun Y Fu Yan Y Zhou Daifu D Luo Yongzhang Y
The Journal of biological chemistry 20101011 51
Heat shock protein 90α (Hsp90α) is a ubiquitously expressed molecular chaperone that is essential for eukaryotic homeostasis. Hsp90α can also be secreted extracellularly, where it has been shown to be involved in tumor metastasis. Extracellular Hsp90α interacts with and promotes the proteolytic activity of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). However, the regulatory mechanism of Hsp90α on MMP-2 activity is still unknown. Here we show that Hsp90α stabilizes MMP-2 and protects it from degradation i ...[more]