Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Aminopeptidases
Reaction(IUBMB)
Cleaves N-terminal beta-homoamino acids from peptides composed of 2 to 6 amino acids
Comment
Sphingosinicella xenopeptidilytica strain 3-2W4 is able to utilize the beta-peptides beta-homoVal-beta-homoAla-beta-homoLeu and beta-homoAla-beta-homoLeu as sole carbon and energy sources [2].