Definitions for "Metalloproteinase"
Peptide hydrolases, which use a metal in the catalytic mechanism. This group of enzymes is inactivated by metal chelators.
An enzyme that attempts to heal sun damaged tissue by manufacturing and reforming collagen.
Metalloproteinases (or metalloproteases) constitute a family of enzymes from the group of proteinases, classified by the nature of the most prominent functional group in their active site. There are two subgroups of metalloproteinases: metallocarboxypeptidases (EC number: 3.4.17) and metalloendopeptidases (3.4.24).