Reaction: Release of an N-terminal aspartate or glutamate from a peptide, with a preference for aspartate
Comments: Aminoacyl-arylamides are poor substrates. This is an abundant cytosolic enzyme in mammalian cells, In peptidase family M18 of aminopeptidase I
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9074-83-3
References
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2. Wilk, S., Wilk, E. and Magnusson, R.P. Purification, characterization and cloning of a cytosolic aspartyl aminopeptidase. J. Biol. Chem. 273 (1998) 15961-15970. [PMID: 9632644]