“…ADAM17 is a member of the adamalysins subfamily of metzincin metalloproteinases consisting of 824 amino acids with zinc-dependent catalytic activities (29). The human ADAM17 protein sequence contains an N-terminal signal sequence (SS), a prodomain (PD), a catalytic metalloprotease domain (MD), a disintegrin domain (DD), a membraneproximal protein domain (MPD), a conserved ADAM17 interaction sequence (CANDIS), a transmembrane domain (TM), and a C-terminal cytoplasmic domain (CD), which are located at amino acid residues 1-17, 18-216, 217-474, 480-559, 581-642, 643-666, 672-694, and 695-824, respectively (7,30) (Figure 1A).…”