| MMP24 | 
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| Identifiers | 
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| Aliases | MMP24, MMP-24, MMP25, MT-MMP 5, MT-MMP5, MT5-MMP, MT5MMP, MTMMP5, matrix metallopeptidase 24 | 
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| External IDs | OMIM: 604871; MGI: 1341867; HomoloGene: 21331; GeneCards: MMP24; OMA:MMP24 - orthologs | 
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| | Gene location (Mouse) | 
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 |  |  | Chr. | Chromosome 2 (mouse) | 
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 |  |  | Band | 2 H1|2 77.26 cM | Start | 155,617,262 bp | 
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 | End | 155,660,286 bp | 
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| | RNA expression pattern | 
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 | Bgee | | Human | Mouse (ortholog) | 
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 | | Top expressed in |  | right hemisphere of cerebellum
 tendon of biceps brachii
 buccal mucosa cell
 cerebellar vermis
 internal globus pallidus
 prefrontal cortex
 right frontal lobe
 pars reticulata
 paraflocculus of cerebellum
 ganglionic eminence
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 | | Top expressed in |  | cerebellar cortex
 lobe of cerebellum
 cerebellar vermis
 gastrula
 supraoptic nucleus
 dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell
 primary visual cortex
 superior frontal gyrus
 ganglionic eminence
 ascending aorta
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| Wikidata | 
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Matrix metalloproteinase-24 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MMP24 gene.
Proteins of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family are involved in the breakdown of extracellular matrix in normal physiological processes, such as embryonic development, reproduction, and tissue remodeling, as well as in disease processes, such as arthritis and metastasis. Most MMP's are secreted as inactive proproteins which are activated when cleaved by extracellular proteinases. However, the protein encoded by this gene is a member of the membrane-type MMP (MT-MMP) subfamily; each member of this subfamily contains a potential transmembrane domain suggesting that these proteins are expressed at the cell surface rather than secreted. This protein activates MMP2 by cleavage. The gene has previously been referred to as MMP25 but has been renamed MMP24.