N-Formylmethionyl-peptidase
N-formylmethionyl-peptidase (EC 3.4.19.7, (fMet)-releasing enzyme, formylmethionine aminopeptidase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Release of an N-terminal, formyl-methionyl residue from a polypeptide
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Identifiers | |||||||||
EC number | 3.4.19.7 | ||||||||
CAS number | 76106-80-4 | ||||||||
Databases | |||||||||
IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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This enzyme is highly specific for N-formylmethionyl peptides.
References
- Suda H, Yamamoto K, Aoyagi T, Umezawa H (November 1980). "Purification and properties of N-formylmethionine aminopeptidase from rat liver". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology. 616 (1): 60–7. doi:10.1016/0005-2744(80)90263-6. PMID 7437450.
External links
- N-formylmethionyl-peptidase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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