Omics

http://omics.org/index.php/Degradomics

The major role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is for homeostatic regulation of the extracellular environment, not simply to degrade matrix as their name suggests.

http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v3/n7/full/nrm858.html

Degradomics — the application of genomic and proteomic approaches to identify the protease and protease-substrate repertoires, or 'degradomes', on an organism-wide scale — promises to uncover new roles for proteases in vivo. This knowledge will facilitate the identification of new pharmaceutical targets to treat disease. Here, we review emerging degradomic techniques and concepts.