Glutamyl aminopeptidase

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glutamyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase A)
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]

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  1. ^ 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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