| glutamyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase A) | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | ENPEP | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | gp160, CD249 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 2028 | ||||||
| HGNC | 3355 | ||||||
| OMIM | 138297 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_001977 | ||||||
| UniProt | Q07075 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| EC number | 3.4.11.7 | ||||||
| Locus | Chr. 4q25 | ||||||
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Glutamyl aminopeptidase (EC3.4.11.7,aminopeptidase A,aspartate aminopeptidase,angiotensinase A,glutamyl peptidase,Ca2+-activated glutamate aminopeptidase,membrane aminopeptidase II,antigen BP-1/6C3 of mouse B lymphocytes,L-aspartate aminopeptidase,angiotensinase A2) is anenzyme encoded by theENPEPgene. Glutamyl aminopeptidase has also recently been designatedCD249 (cluster of differentiation 249).
Glutamyl aminopeptidase is a zinc-dependent membrane-boundaminopeptidase that catalyzes the cleavage ofglutamatic andaspartatic amino acid residues from theN-terminus of polypeptides. The enzyme degradesvasoconstrictingangiotensin II into angiotensin III and therefore helps to regulateblood pressure.[1]