Complete degradation of type X collagen requires the combined action of interstitial collagenase and osteoclast-derived cathepsin-B.
Sires UI, Schmid TM, Fliszar CJ, Wang ZQ, Gluck SL, Welgus HG.
Sires UI, et al. Among authors: schmid tm.
J Clin Invest. 1995 May;95(5):2089-95. doi: 10.1172/JCI117896.
J Clin Invest. 1995.
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G., C. J. Fliszar, J. L. Seltzer, T. M. Schmid, and J. J. Jeffrey. 1990. J. Biol. Chem. 265:13521-13527) that interstitial collagenase rapidly attacks the native 59-kD type X molecule at two sites, rendering a final product of 32 kD. This 32-kD fragment, however, has a …
G., C. J. Fliszar, J. L. Seltzer, T. M. Schmid, and J. J. Jeffrey. 1990. J. Biol. Chem. 265:13521-13527) that interstitial collagenas …