The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 across different species:

matrix metallopeptidase 3 (stromelysin 1, progelatinase) (MMP3), matrix metallopeptidase 3 (Mmp3), matrix metalloproteinase 3 (Mmp-3)

Other aliases include:

SL-1, STMY, STR1, CHDS6, MMP-3, STMY1, MGC126102, MGC126103, MGC126104, SLN1, Str1, SLN-1, STR-1, Stmy1, MMP10, MMP3, Mmp-3

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Matrix Metalloproteinase 3:

matrix metalloproteinase 3 – transin-1 – proteoglycanase – matrix metalloproteinase 3 (stromelysin 1, progelatinase) – stromelysin-1 – SL-1 – EMS-2 – MMP-3 – progelatinase – stromelysin 1 – matrix metalloproteinase-3 – PTR1 protein – stromelysin – matrix metallopeptidase 3 (stromelysin 1, progelatinase)

Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 fulfills a number of functions:

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

Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 is relevant to the following processes:

collagen catabolic process – metabolic process – proteolysis – cellular response to cell-matrix adhesion – female pregnancy – response to amino acid stimulus – response to cytokine stimulus – response to estradiol stimulus – response to hypoxia – response to interleukin-1 – response to lipopolysaccharide – response to tumor necrosis factor – wound healing

Locations for Matrix Metalloproteinase 3:

extracellular region – extracellular space – intracellular membrane-bounded organelle – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – cell body – dendrite – extracellular matrix – nucleus – protein complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology