ADAMTS18

This gene encodes a member of the ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) protein family. ADAMTS family members share several distinct protein modules, including a propeptide region, a metalloproteinase domain, a disintegrin-like domain, and a thrombospondin type 1 (TS) motif. Individual members of this family differ in the number of C-terminal TS motifs, and some have unique C-terminal domains. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate the mature protein, which may regulate hemostatic balance and function as a tumor suppressor. Mutations in this gene may be associated with microcornea, myopic chorioretinal atrophy, and telecanthus (MMCAT) and cone-rod dystrophy in human patients. [provided by RefSeq, May 2016]

Full Name

ADAM Metallopeptidase With Thrombospondin Type 1 Motif 18

Biological Process

Extracellular matrix organization
Eye development
Negative regulation of platelet aggregation

Cellular Location

Extracellular matrix

Involvement in disease

Microcornea, myopic chorioretinal atrophy, and telecanthus (MMCAT): A ocular syndrome characterized by microcornea and myopic chorioretinal atrophy. Microcornea is defined by a corneal diameter inferior to 10 mm in both meridians in an otherwise normal eye. In addition to ocular findings, some patients have telecanthus and posteriorly rotated ears.

PTM

The precursor is cleaved by a furin endopeptidase.
Glycosylated. Can be O-fucosylated by POFUT2 on a serine or a threonine residue found within the consensus sequence C1-X2-(S/T)-C2-G of the TSP type-1 repeat domains where C1 and C2 are the first and second cysteine residue of the repeat, respectively. Fucosylated repeats can then be further glycosylated by the addition of a beta-1,3-glucose residue by the glucosyltransferase, B3GALTL. Fucosylation mediates the efficient secretion of ADAMTS family members. Also can be C-glycosylated with one or two mannose molecules on tryptophan residues within the consensus sequence W-X-X-W of the TPRs, and N-glycosylated. These other glycosylations can also facilitate secretion (By similarity).