Reaction: Release of N-terminal Arg and Lys from oligopeptides when P1' is not Pro. Also acts on arylamides of Arg and Lys
Glossary entries:
amastatin = Leu[1ψ2,CHOHCONH]ValValAsp
arphamenine A = Arg[1ψ2,COCH2]Phe
arphamenine B = Arg[1ψ2,COCH2]Tyr
bestatin = Phe[1ψ2,CHOHCONH]Leu
Other names: arylamidase II; arginine aminopeptidase; arginyl aminopeptidase; Cl--activated arginine aminopeptidase; cytosol aminopeptidase IV; L-arginine aminopeptidase
Comments: Cytosolic or membrane-associated enzyme from mammalian tissues, activated by chloride ions and low concentrations of thiol compounds. This is one of the activities of the bifunctional enzyme EC 3.3.2.6, leukotriene-A4 hydrolase [5,6]. Potently inhibited by arphamenine B, and also inhibited by chelating agents, N-ethylmaleimide, arphamenine A, amastatin and bestatin. A zinc metallopeptidase in family family M1 (membrane alanyl aminopeptidase family) [4,5].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9073-92-1
References
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5. Cadel, S., Foulon, T., Viron, A., Balogh, A., Midol-Monnet, S., Noel, N. and Cohen, P. Aminopeptidase B from the rat testis is a bifunctional enzyme structually related to leukotriene-A4 hydrolase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94 (1997) 2963-2968. [PMID: 9096329]
6. Orning, L., Gierse, J.K. and Fitzpatrick, F.A. The bifunctional enzyme leukotriene-A4 hydrolase is an arginine aminopeptidase of high efficiency and specificity. J. Biol. Chem. 269 (1994) 11269-112673. [PMID: 8157657]