Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase

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Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase
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EC no. 3.4.11.17
CAS no. 76689-19-5
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Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.17, tryptophan aminopeptidase, L-tryptophan aminopeptidase) is an enzyme. [1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential release of N-terminal tryptophan

This enzyme from Trichosporon cutaneum also acts on L-tryptophanamide.

References

  1. Iwayama A, Kimura T, Adachi O, Ameyama M (1983). "Crystallization and characterization of a novel aminopeptidase from Trichosporon cutaneum". Agric. Biol. Chem. 47 (11): 2483–2493. doi: 10.1271/bbb1961.47.2483 .