Biology:Carboxypeptidase A2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Carboxypeptidase A2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CPA2 gene.[1][2][3]

Three different forms of human pancreatic procarboxypeptidase A have been isolated. The A1 and A2 forms are monomeric proteins with different biochemical properties. The A2 form of pancreatic procarboxypeptidase acts on aromatic C-terminal residues[3]

References

  1. "The sequence and conformation of human pancreatic procarboxypeptidase A2. cDNA cloning, sequence analysis, and three-dimensional model". J Biol Chem 270 (12): 6651–7. Apr 1995. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.12.6651. PMID 7896805. 
  2. "Construction of a physical and transcript map flanking the imprinted MEST/PEG1 region at 7q32". Genomics 66 (2): 221–5. Aug 2000. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6206. PMID 10860668. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: CPA2 carboxypeptidase A2 (pancreatic)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1358. 

Further reading

External links

  • The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: M14.002
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P48052 (Human Carboxypeptidase A2) at the PDBe-KB.