The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Matrix Metallopeptidase 13 (Collagenase 3) across different species:

matrix metallopeptidase 13 (collagenase 3) (MMP13), matrix metallopeptidase 13 (Mmp13), matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MGC68994), matrix metalloproteinase 13 (mmp13), matrix metallopeptidase 13 (collagenase 3) (mmp13), matrix metalloproteinase 13 (LOC100136348), matrix metalloproteinase 13 precursor (MMP-13), collagenase 3 (MMP-13)

Other aliases include:

CLG3, Clg, Mmp1, MMP-13, MMP13, cb1034, xCol, xcl3, gene A, MGC108008

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Matrix Metallopeptidase 13 (Collagenase 3):

matrix metalloproteinase 13 – collagenase 3 – matrix metalloproteinase 13 (collagenase 3) – Collagenase-3 – collagenase-1 – interstitial collagenase – matrix metalloproteinase-13 – MMP-13 – UMRCASE – collagenase-3 – MMPLg – MMPLh – matrix metallopeptidase 13 (collagenase 3) – gene 11 – gene A – collagenase 3-like – matrix metalloproteinase 13 precursor

Matrix Metallopeptidase 13 (Collagenase 3) fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – metalloendopeptidase activity – peptidase activity – zinc ion binding – calcium-dependent protein binding – fibronectin binding – hydrolase activity – low-density lipoprotein receptor binding – metal ion binding – metallopeptidase activity

Matrix Metallopeptidase 13 (Collagenase 3) is relevant to the following processes:

collagen catabolic process – metabolic process – proteolysis – bone mineralization – cartilage development – peptide catabolic process – receptor internalization – embryonic hindlimb morphogenesis – ossification – response to estrogen stimulus – response to hypoxia – response to mechanical stimulus – embryonic development – macrophage chemotaxis

Locations for Matrix Metallopeptidase 13 (Collagenase 3):

extracellular region – extracellular space – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – Golgi apparatus – extracellular matrix – fibrillar collagen – intercellular canaliculus – lysosome

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology