Glutamyl aminopeptidase

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glutamyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase A)
Identifiers
SymbolENPEP
Alt. symbolsgp160, CD249
Entrez2028
HUGO3355
OMIM138297
RefSeqNM_001977
UniProtQ07075
Other data
EC number3.4.11.7
LocusChr. 4 q25

Glutamyl aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.7, aminopeptidase A, aspartate aminopeptidase, angiotensinase A, glutamyl peptidase, Ca2+-activated glutamate aminopeptidase, membrane aminopeptidase II, antigen BP-1/6C3 of mouse B lymphocytes, L-aspartate aminopeptidase, angiotensinase A2) 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]

References

  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. doi:10.1042/0300-5127:0280435. PMID 10961935.

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