EC |
3.4.11.4 |
Accepted name: |
tripeptide aminopeptidase |
Reaction: |
Release of the N-terminal residue from a tripeptide |
Other name(s): |
tripeptidase; aminotripeptidase; aminoexotripeptidase; lymphopeptidase; imidoendopeptidase; peptidase B; alanine-phenylalanine-proline arylamidase; peptidase T |
Comments: |
A zinc enzyme, widely distributed in mammalian tissues. Formerly EC 3.4.1.3 |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, MEROPS, PDB, CAS registry number: 9056-26-2 |
References: |
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Doumeng, C. and Maroux, S. Aminopeptidase, a cytosol enzyme from rabbit intestinal mucosa. Biochem. J. 177 (1979) 801–808. [PMID: 109082] |
2. |
Sachs, L. and Marks, N. A highly specific aminotripeptidase of rat brain cytosol. Substrate specifity and effects of inhibitors. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 706 (1982) 229–238. [DOI] [PMID: 7126601] |
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[EC 3.4.11.4 created 1961 as EC 3.4.1.3, transferred 1972 to EC 3.4.11.4] |
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