The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Matrix Metalloproteinase 15 across different species:

matrix metallopeptidase 14 (membrane-inserted) (MMP14), matrix metallopeptidase 19 (MMP19), matrix metallopeptidase 15 (Mmp15), matrix metallopeptidase 19 (Mmp19), matrix metalloproteinase 15 (mmp15), matrix metallopeptidase 15 (membrane-inserted) (MMP15), matrix metalloproteinase 19 (LOC100342188), matrix metalloproteinase 15 (LOC100347975)

Other aliases include:

MMP-X1, MTMMP1, MT1-MMP, MMP18, RASI-1, MT2-MMP, AI503551, MGC123370, mmp15, MMP15, MMP19

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Matrix Metalloproteinase 15:

matrix metalloproteinase 14 – membrane type 1 metalloprotease – membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase 1 – membrane-type-1 matrix metalloproteinase – matrix metalloproteinase 14 (membrane-inserted) – matrix metalloproteinase 19 – matrix metalloproteinase 18 – matrix metalloproteinase-15 – MMP-15 – MT2MMP – MTMMP2 – MT-MMP 2 – Membrane type 2-MMP – matrix metalloproteinase 15 – membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase 2 – membrane-type-2 matrix metalloproteinase – matrix metalloproteinase-19 – MMP-19 – matrix metalloproteinase RASI – matrix metallopeptidase 15 – matrix metallopeptidase 15 (membrane-inserted) – matrix metallopeptidase 19

Matrix Metalloproteinase 15 fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – metalloendopeptidase activity – peptidase activator activity – peptidase activity – protein binding – zinc ion binding – hydrolase activity – metal ion binding – metallopeptidase activity – molecular_function

Matrix Metalloproteinase 15 is relevant to the following processes:

angiogenesis – astrocyte cell migration – branching morphogenesis of a tube – cell migration – endothelial cell proliferation – lung development – metabolic process – negative regulation of focal adhesion formation – ossification – ovarian follicle development – proteolysis – response to estrogen stimulus – response to hormone stimulus – response to hypoxia – response to mechanical stimulus – response to oxidative stress – tissue remodeling – zymogen activation – cell differentiation – collagen catabolic process – multicellular organismal development – response to estradiol stimulus – luteolysis – ovulation from ovarian follicle – response to cAMP

Locations for Matrix Metalloproteinase 15:

cytoplasm – integral to plasma membrane – melanosome – membrane – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – extracellular region – extracellular matrix – integral to membrane – anchored to membrane – plasma membrane – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology