| 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: |
| 1. |
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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