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Table 3 Peptides cleaved at amino acid no. 441 identified by MS in elastin purified from human aorta cleaved in vitro by MMP-9 and -12

From: Measurement of MMP-9 and -12 degraded elastin (ELM) provides unique information on lung tissue degradation

Amino acid no.

Identified peptides in elastin from aorta

MMP-9 cleaved (hours)

MMP-12 cleaved (hours)

2

24

48

72

≥169

2

24

48

72

≥169

423-441

VGGVPGVGGVPGVGISPEA

    

x

     

425-441

GVPGVGGVPGVGISPEA

 

x

  

x

   

x

x