Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase explained

Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase
Ec Number:3.4.11.17
Cas Number:76689-19-5

Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase (tryptophan aminopeptidase, L-tryptophan aminopeptidase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential release of N-terminal tryptophan

This enzyme from Trichosporon cutaneum also acts on L-tryptophanamide.

Notes and References

  1. Crystallization and characterization of a novel aminopeptidase from Trichosporon cutaneum . Iwayama A, Kimura T, Adachi O, Ameyama M . Agric. Biol. Chem. . 1983 . 47 . 2483–2493 . 10.1271/bbb1961.47.2483. free .