Gene Information
Gene NameMMP21
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length569
Protein NamesMatrix metalloproteinase-21 (MMP-21) (EC 3.4.24.-)
Target Namematrix metalloproteinase-21
Target TypeNA
Gene Age950 ( ENSG00000154485 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ8N119
Gene CardMMP21
Uniprot IDQ8N119
PfamPF00045; PF00413; PF01471
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.968816366)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MMP21 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MMP21 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MMP21 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MMP21 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Mmp21 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Mmp21 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MMP21 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsMMP24, MMP16, MMP14, MMP2, MMP1, MMP19, MMP23B, MMP10, MMP9, MMP12, MMP15, MMP27, MMP17, MMP25, MMP28, MMP13, MMP7, MMP20, MMP26, HPX, MMP8, MMP3, MMP11
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityIdentified in fetal brain, kidney and liver. In adult tissues found primarily in ovary, kidney, liver, lung, placenta, brain and peripheral blood leukocytes. Expressed as well in various cancer cell lines. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12490321, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12617721}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs746379956  rs28381282  rs28381284  rs10901425  rs145789868  rs781127723  rs34811493  rs1434829861  rs747668147  rs17173746  rs773125891  rs28381302  rs946722250  rs17153524  rs150320323  rs28381319 
Subcellular location [CC]Secreted {ECO:0000305}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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