Meprin A
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| EC number | 3.4.24.18 | ||||||||
| CAS number | 148938-24-3 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / EGO | ||||||||
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Meprin A (EC 3.4.24.18, endopeptidase-2, meprin-a, meprin, N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid hydrolase, PABA-peptide hydrolase, PPH) is an enzyme that cleaves protein and peptide substrates preferentially on carboxyl side of hydrophobic residues.[1]
Meprin A is a dimer composed of the products transcribed from the following two genes:
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References
- ^ Sterchi EE, Stöcker W, Bond JS (October 2008). "Meprins, membrane-bound and secreted astacin metalloproteinases". Mol. Aspects Med. 29 (5): 309–28. doi:10.1016/j.mam.2008.08.002. PMC 2650038. PMID 18783725.
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