Timp-3 Recombinant antibody

Timp-3 (TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 3), also known as SFD. It is expected to be located in extracellular space, and the protein is enriched in the placenta tissue and fat tissue. The proteins encoded by this gene family are inhibitors of the matrix metalloproteinases, a group of peptidases involved in degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Expression of this gene is induced in response to mitogenic stimulation, and this netrin domain-containing protein is localized to the ECM. Mutations in this gene have been associated with the autosomal dominant disorder Sorsby's fundus dystrophy. TIMP-3 is expressed as an unglycosylated 24 kDa and glycosylated 29 kDa protein with inhibitory activity against interstitial collagenase, stromelysin-1, and gelatinases A and B (PMID:11827795).