A family of membrane-anchored glycoproteins that contain a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain. They are responsible for the proteolytic cleavage of many transmembrane proteins and the release of their extracellular domain.
Synonyms: ADAM (A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease) Proteins, A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease Proteins, EC 3.4.24.-, ADAM Proteins
Instance information
comment
2006
identifier
D051722