Tripeptide aminopeptidase explained

Tripeptide aminopeptidase
Ec Number:3.4.11.4
Cas Number:9056-26-2

Tripeptide aminopeptidase (tripeptidase, aminotripeptidase, aminoexotripeptidase, lymphopeptidase, imidoendopeptidase, peptidase B, alanine-phenylalanine-proline arylamidase, peptidase T) is an enzyme.[1] [2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

Release of the N-terminal residue from a tripeptide

This is a zinc enzyme, widely distributed in mammalian tissues.

Notes and References

  1. Doumeng C, Maroux S . Aminotripeptidase, a cytosol enzyme from rabbit intestinal mucosa . The Biochemical Journal . 177 . 3 . 801–8 . March 1979 . 10.1042/bj1770801 . 109082 . 1186443 .
  2. Sachs L, Marks N . A highly specific aminotripeptidase of rat brain cytosol. Substrate specificity and effects of inhibitors . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta . 706 . 2 . 229–38 . September 1982 . 7126601 . 10.1016/0167-4838(82)90491-5 .

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