Biology:Bacterial leucyl aminopeptidase

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Short description: Class of enzymes
Bacterial leucyl aminopeptidase
Identifiers
EC number3.4.11.10
CAS number37288-67-8
Databases
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Bacterial leucyl aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.10, Aeromonas proteolytica aminopeptidase) is an enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Release of an N-terminal amino acid, preferentially leucine, but not glutamic or aspartic acids

This is a zinc enzyme.

References

  1. "Aeromonas aminopeptidase: purification and some general properties". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 117 (2): 328–36. November 1966. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(66)90420-6. PMID 4961737. 
  2. "A ribosomal-bound aminopeptidase in Escherichia coli B: purification and properties". Canadian Journal of Biochemistry 48 (11): 1181–8. November 1970. doi:10.1139/o70-184. PMID 4920230. 
  3. "[Inventory of different intracellular peptidase activities in Streptococcus thermophilus. Purification and properties of a dipeptide hydrolase and an aminopeptidase]". Biochimie 55 (4): 389–404. 1973. doi:10.1016/s0300-9084(73)80204-4. PMID 4749719. 

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