Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Aminopeptidases
Reaction(IUBMB)
Differs from other aminopeptidases in broad specificity for amino acids in the P1 position and the ability to hydrolyse peptides of four or five residues that contain Pro in the P1' position
Comment
A zinc glycoprotein in peptidase family M1 (membrane alanyl aminopeptidase family), composed of two 150 kDa subunits. From the plasma fraction of hen egg yolk
History
EC 3.4.11.20 created 1995
Reference
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Authors
Ichishima, E., Yamagata, Y., Chiba, H., Sawaguchi, K. and Tanaka, T.
Title
Soluble and bound forms of aminopeptidase in hens egg-yolk.