Reaction: Release of N-terminal glutamate (and to a lesser extent aspartate) from a peptide
Other names: aminopeptidase A; aspartate aminopeptidase; angiotensinase A; glutamyl peptidase; Ca2+-activated glutamate aminopeptidase; membrane aminopeptidase II; antigen BP-1/6C3 of mouse B lymphocytes; L-aspartate aminopeptidase; angiotensinase A2
Comments: Ca2+-activated and generally membrane-bound. A zinc-metallopeptidase In family M1 (membrane alanyl aminopeptidase family)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9074-83-3
References
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5. Wu, Q., Lahti, J.M., Air, G.M., Burrows, P.D. and Cooper, M.D. Molecular cloning of the murine BP-1/6C3 antigen: a member of the zinc-dependent metallopeptidase family. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87 (1990) 993-997. [PMID: 1689065]