Biology:X-His dipeptidase

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Xaa-His dipeptidase
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Aminoacylhistidine dipeptidase monomer, Vibrio alginolyticus
Identifiers
EC number3.4.13.3
CAS number9027-21-8
Databases
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BRENDABRENDA entry
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MetaCycmetabolic pathway
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PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Xaa-His dipeptidase (EC 3.4.13.3, aminoacylhistidine dipeptidase, carnosinase, homocarnosinase, dipeptidase M) is an enzyme.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of Xaa-His dipeptides

This mammalian cytosolic enzyme also acts on anserine and homocarnosine.

References

  1. "Carnosinase; an enzyme of swine kidney". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 179 (2): 789–801. June 1949. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)51272-8. PMID 18150012. 
  2. "The activation of carnosinase by divalent metal ions". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 45: 297–316. December 1960. doi:10.1016/0006-3002(60)91454-2. PMID 13743376. 
  3. "Homocarnosinase: a hog kidney dipeptidase with a broader specificity than carnosinase". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 184 (1): 257–66. November 1977. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(77)90349-6. PMID 21630. 
  4. "Separation and characterization of two carnosine-splitting cytosolic dipeptidases from hog kidney (carnosinase and non-specific dipeptidase)". Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler 371 (5): 433–40. May 1990. doi:10.1515/bchm3.1990.371.1.433. PMID 2378680. 

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