Glutamyl aminopeptidase
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glutamyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase A)
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Identifiers | |
Symbol | ENPEP |
Alt. Symbols | gp160, CD249 |
Entrez | 2028 |
HUGO | 3355 |
OMIM | 138297 |
RefSeq | NM_001977 |
UniProt | Q07075 |
Other data | |
EC number | 3.4.11.7 |
Locus | Chr. 4 q25 |
Glutamyl aminopeptidase also known as aminopeptidase A is an enzyme encoded by the ENPEP gene. Glutamyl aminopeptidase has also recently been designated CD249 (cluster of differentiation 249).
Glutamyl aminopeptidase is a zinc-dependent membrane-bound aminopeptidase that catalyzes the cleavage of glutamatic and aspartatic amino acid residues from the N-terminus of polypeptides. The enzyme degrades vasoconstricting angiotensin II into angiotensin III and therefore helps to regulate blood pressure.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Reaux A, Iturrioz X, Vazeux G, Fournie-Zaluski MC, David C, Roques BP, Corvol P, Llorens-Cortes C (2000). "Aminopeptidase A, which generates one of the main effector peptides of the brain renin-angiotensin system, angiotensin III, has a key role in central control of arterial blood pressure". Biochem. Soc. Trans. 28 (4): 435–40. PMID 10961935.
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