Dipeptidyl-dipeptidase (EC 3.4.14.6, dipeptidyl tetrapeptide hydrolase, dipeptidyl ligase, tetrapeptide dipeptidase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| Dipeptidyl-dipeptidase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.4.14.6 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 91608-92-3 | ||||||||
| 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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- Preferential release of dipeptides from a tetrapeptide, e.g. Ala-Gly!Ala-Gly. Acts more slowly on Ala-Ala!Ala-Ala and Gly-Gly!Gly-Gly
This thiol-activated peptidase is isolated from cabbage (Brassica oleracea).
References
edit- ^ Eng FW (1984). "Dipeptidyl tetrapeptide hydrolase, a new enzyme with dipeptidyl ligase activity". Can. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 62 (6): 516–528. doi:10.1139/o84-069.
External links
edit- Dipeptidyl-dipeptidase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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