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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017 Apr 26;1864(11 Pt A):1940–1951. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.04.015

Table 1.

Representative MMP and cathepsin K cleavage sites within collagen triple-helical domains.

Enzyme Collagen Chain (collagen type) Sequencea
MMP-1, -2, -8, -9, -12, -13, MT1-MMP α1(I) Pro-Gln-Gly775~Ile776-Ala-Gly
MMP-1, -2, -8, -9, -12, -13, MT1-MMP α2(I) Pro-Gln-Gly775~Leu776-Leu-Gly
MMP-1, -8, -13, MT1-MMP α1(II) Pro-Gln-Gly775~Leu776-Ala-Gly
MMP-1, -8, -9, -12, -13, MT1-MMP, MT3-MMP α1(III) Pro-Leu-Gly775~Ile776-Ala-Gly
MMP-9 α1(V) Pro-Pro-Gly439~Val440-Val-Gly
MMP-9 α2(V) Pro-Pro-Gly445~Leu446-Arg-Gly
Cathepsin K α1(I) Gly-Pro-Arg9~Gly10-Leu-Pro
Cathepsin K α1(I) Gly-Pro-Gln21~Gly22-Phe-Gln
Cathepsin K α1(I) Gly-Leu-Asp96~Gly97-Ala-Lys
Cathepsin K α1(I) Gly-Pro-Gln189~Gly190-Val-Arg
Cathepsin K α1(I) Gly-Pro-Ser810~Gly811-Ala-Ser
Cathepsin K α2(I) Gly-Pro-Arg9~Gly10-Pro-Pro
Cathepsin K α2(I) Gly-Pro-Gln21~Gly22-Phe-Gln
Cathepsin K α2(I) Gly-Leu-Lys99~Gly100-Pro-Gln
Cathepsin K α2(I) Gly-Ala-Arg144~Gly145-Ser-Asp
Cathepsin K α2(I) Pro-Pro-Gly814~Ala815-Arg-Gly
Cathepsin K α1(II) Lys-Pro-Gly61~Lys62-Ser-Gly
a

Numbering begins at the N-terminus of the triple-helical region of each collagen.