Tripeptidyl peptidase II

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Tripeptidyl-peptidase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TPP2 gene.[1][2] Among other things it is heavily implicated in MHC (HLA) class-I processing, as it has both endopeptidase and exopeptidase activity.[3]


References

  1. Tomkinson B, Jonsson AK (Feb 1991). "Characterization of cDNA for human tripeptidyl peptidase II: the N-terminal part of the enzyme is similar to subtilisin". Biochemistry. 30 (1): 168–74. doi:10.1021/bi00215a025. PMID 1670990.
  2. "Entrez Gene: TPP2 tripeptidyl peptidase II".
  3. Reits E, Neijssen J, Herberts C, et al. (April 2004). "A major role for TPPII in trimming proteasomal degradation products for MHC class I antigen presentation". Immunity. 20 (4): 495–506. doi:10.1016/S1074-7613(04)00074-3. PMID 15084277.

External links

  • The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: S08.090

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