Carboxypeptidase C

Carboxypeptidase C
Identifiers
EC no.	3.4.16.5
CAS no.	9046-67-7
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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Carboxypeptidase C (EC 3.4.16.5, carboxypeptidase Y, serine carboxypeptidase I, cathepsin A , lysosomal protective protein, deamidase, lysosomal carboxypeptidase A, phaseolin) is an enzyme. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Release of a C-terminal amino acid with broad specificity

This enzyme is a carboxypeptidase with optimum activity at pH 4.5-6.0. It is inhibited by diisopropyl fluorophosphate.

See also

• Cathepsin A

References

1. Breddam, K. (1986). "Serine carboxypeptidases. A review". Carlsberg Res. Commun. 51 (2): 83–128. doi: 10.1007/bf02907561 .
2. Valls LA, Hunter CP, Rothman JH, Stevens TH (March 1987). "Protein sorting in yeast: the localization determinant of yeast vacuolar carboxypeptidase Y resides in the propeptide". Cell. 48 (5): 887–97. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(87)90085-7. PMID   3028649.
3. Jackman HL, Morris PW, Deddish PA, Skidgel RA, Erdös EG (February 1992). "Inactivation of endothelin I by deamidase (lysosomal protective protein)". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (5): 2872–5. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)50665-2 . PMID   1737744.
4. Miller JJ, Changaris DG, Levy RS (December 1992). "Purification, subunit structure and inhibitor profile of cathepsin A". Journal of Chromatography. 627 (1–2): 153–62. doi:10.1016/0021-9673(92)87195-e. PMID   1487525.

External links

• Carboxypeptidase+C at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)