Biology:Carboxypeptidase T

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Carboxypeptidase T
Identifiers
EC number3.4.17.18
CAS number89623-65-4
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Carboxypeptidase T (EC 3.4.17.18, CPT) is a hydrolytic enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

Releases a C-terminal residue, which may be hydrophobic or positively charged.

This enzyme is isolated from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris.

References

  1. "[Carboxypeptidase T--intracellular carboxypeptidase of Thermoactinomycetes--a distant analog of animal carboxypeptidase]". Biokhimiia 49 (2): 292–301. February 1984. PMID 6424730. 
  2. "Molecular cloning and primary structure of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris carboxypeptidase T. A metalloenzyme endowed with dual substrate specificity". FEBS Letters 291 (1): 75–8. October 1991. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(91)81107-j. PMID 1936254. 
  3. "Crystal structure of carboxypeptidase T from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris". European Journal of Biochemistry 208 (2): 281–8. September 1992. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17184.x. PMID 1521526. 

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