ADAM Metallopeptidase Domain 28
EMDCII
ADAM23
Epididymal Metalloproteinase-Like, Disintegrin-Like, And Cysteine-Rich Protein II
Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase Domain-Containing Protein 28
ADAM 28
EMDC II
MDC-Lm
MDC-Ls
MDC-L
MDCL
Epididymial Metalloproteinase-Like, Disintegrin-Like, And Cysteine-Rich Protein II
Metalloproteinase-Like, Disintegrin-Like, And Cysteine-Rich Protein-L
Metalloproteinase-Like, Disintegrin-Like, And Cysteine-Rich Protein L
A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase Domain 28
Epididymis Secretory Sperm Binding Protein
EC 3.4.24.-
EC 3.4.24
This gene encodes a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain) family. Members of this family are membrane-anchored proteins structurally related to snake venom disintegrins, and have been implicated in a variety of biological processes involving cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, including fertilization, muscle development, and neurogenesis. The protein encoded by this gene is a lymphocyte-expressed ADAM protein. This gene is present in a gene cluster with other members of the ADAM family on chromosome 8. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2015]
Forensic Context
A study in humans identified the ADAM28 as a top biomarker for burn recovery, showing sustained decreasing expression in leukocytes from the healthy state through the late recovery phase (>400 hours post-injury) [Xu et al. DOI:10.1159/000493451]. In zebrafish, research demonstrated that the ADAM28 transcript, categorized as a cancer-related gene, increased in relative abundance postmortem [Pozhitkov et al. DOI:10.1098/rsob.160267]. A study in mice selectively bred for high or low methamphetamine intake identified the ADAM28 as part of a common cosplicing network of glutamatergic synapse genes in brain reward circuitry, specifically within the ventral midbrain, nucleus accumbens, and prefrontal cortex [Hitzemann et al. DOI:10.3390/brainsci9070155].