EOG8M9483 GO:0004222 4/10 metalloendopeptidase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of internal, alpha-peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which water acts as a nucleophile, one or two metal ions hold the water molecule in place, and charged amino acid side chains are ligands for the metal ions." [GOC:mah, http://merops.sanger.ac.uk/about/glossary.htm#CATTYPE, http://merops.sanger.ac.uk/about/glossary.htm#ENDOPEPTIDASE] EOG8M9483 GO:0006509 3/10 membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis biological_process "The proteolytic cleavage of transmembrane proteins and release of their ectodomain (extracellular domain)." [GOC:jl, http://www.copewithcytokines.de/] EOG8M9483 GO:0007219 3/10 Notch signaling pathway biological_process "A series of molecular signals initiated by the binding of an extracellular ligand to the receptor Notch on the surface of a target cell, and ending with regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription." [GOC:go_curators, GOC:signaling] EOG8M9483 GO:0008270 3/10 zinc ion binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with zinc (Zn) ions." [GOC:ai]