Reaction: Hydrolysis of dipeptides, preferentially hydrophobic dipeptides including prolyl amino acids
Other names: N2-β-alanylarginine dipeptidase; glycyl-glycine dipeptidase; glycyl-leucine dipeptidase; iminodipeptidase; peptidase A; Pro-X dipeptidase; prolinase; prolyl dipeptidase; prolylglycine dipeptidase; iminodipeptidase; prolinase; L-prolylglycine dipeptidase; prolylglycine dipeptidase; diglycinase; Gly-Leu hydrolase; glycyl-L-leucine dipeptidase; glycyl-L-leucine hydrolase; glycyl-L-leucine peptidase; L-amino-acyl-L-amino-acid hydrolase; glycylleucine peptidase; glycylleucine hydrolase; glycylleucine dipeptide hydrolase; non-specific dipeptidase; human cytosolic non-specific dipeptidase; glycyl-L-leucine hydrolase; glycyl-glycine dipeptidase
Comments: A zinc enzyme with broad specificity, varying somewhat with source species. Activated and stabilized by dithiothreitol and Mn2+. Inhibited by bestatin and leucine. Formerly EC 3.4.3.1, EC 3.4.3.2, EC 3.4.3.6, EC 3.4.13.1, EC 3.4.13.2, EC 3.4.13.8, EC 3.4.13.11 and EC 3.4.13.15
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9025-31-4
References
1. Bauer, K. Cytosol non-specific dipeptidase. In: Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Barrett, A. J., Rawlings, N. D. and Woessner, J. F., eds), pp. 1520-1522 (1998) Academic Press, London