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Table 1 Sequence termini on cleavage fragments of human aggrecan for which anti-neoepitope antibody reactivity, or direct sequencing, have demonstrated the presence of specific products in vivo

From: The role of aggrecan in normal and osteoarthritic cartilage

Region

Sequence1

Proteinase

Reference

IGD

DIPEN360

MMP

(Flannery et al. [1992])

361FFGVG

MMP

(Fosang et al. [1995])

ITVQTV375

HtrA1

(Chamberland et al. [2009])

ITEGE392

ADAMTS4/5

(Lark et al. [1997])

393ARGSV

ADAMTS4/5

(Sandy et al. [1992])

KS-rich

VPGVA709

Calpain

(Maehara et al. [2007])

CS1

VGDLS954

Calpain

(Struglics et al. [2006])

CS2

ASELE1564

ADAMTS4/5

(Sandy and Verscharen, [2001])

FKEEE1733

ADAMTS4/5

(Sandy and Verscharen, [2001])

1838AGEGP

ADAMTS4/5

(Dufield et al. [2010])

1939LGQRP

ADAMTS4/5

(Sandy and Verscharen, [2001])

  1. 1Aggrecan residue numbering is based on the human aggrecan sequence (Uniprot P16112, derived from the cDNA) which includes the signal peptide.