| carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Enzymes (particularly of pancreas) that remove the C terminal amino acid from a protein or peptide. Carboxypeptidase A, will remove any amino acid, carboxypeptidase B is specific for terminal lysine or arginine. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| carboxypeptidase A | A hydrolase that releases C-terminal amino acids, with the exception of C-terminal arginyl, lysyl, and prolyl residues. A zinc-containing exopeptidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carboxypeptidase B | A hydrolase that releases C-terminal lysyl or arginyl residues preferentially. A zinc-containing exopeptidase. Synonym: protaminase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carboxypeptidase C | See: serine carboxypeptidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carboxypeptidase G | N-Pteroyl-l-glutamate hydrolase;an enzyme cleaving l-glutamyl residues from pteridine oligoglutamates; used in certain antitumour treatments. Synonym: carboxypeptidase G, conjugase, gamma-glutamate (glutamate gamma-) carboxypeptidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carboxypeptidases | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 3.4. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acid carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Carboxypeptidase z (scpz gene product) isolated from absidia zychae Registry number: EC 3.4.16.1 Synonym: carboxypeptidase w, carboxypeptidase yscy, carboxypeptidase cpd-s3, ybr1015 gene product, carboxypeptidase z, scpz gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
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| alanine carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Not for d-ala linkage in peptidoglycan see EC 3.4.17.8 Registry number: EC 3.4.17.6 (26 Jun 1999) |
| angiotensin-related carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Rat and bovine brain synaptosomal enzyme can hydrolyze angiotensin I to des-leu angiotensin I, but no further Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: angiotensin-specific carboxypeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| gamma-glutamate (glutamate gamma-) carboxypeptidase | N-Pteroyl-l-glutamate hydrolase;an enzyme cleaving l-glutamyl residues from pteridine oligoglutamates; used in certain antitumour treatments. Synonym: carboxypeptidase G, conjugase, gamma-glutamate (glutamate gamma-) carboxypeptidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitellogenic carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Serine carboxypeptidase synthesised in mosquito fat bodies and taken up into oocytes Registry number: EC 3.4.16.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| muramoylpentapeptide carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Enzyme produced by streptomyces strain r61 which catalyses the peptide cross-linking of nascent cell-wall peptidoglycan. Registry number: EC 3.4.17.8 (12 Dec 1998) |
| cysteine carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> An enzyme which removes the last peptide bond on a protein (the one at the carboxyl end). Its active site contains the sulphur part of the amino acid cysteine. (09 Oct 1997) |
| serine carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Carboxypeptidase z (scpz gene product) isolated from absidia zychae Registry number: EC 3.4.16.1 Synonym: carboxypeptidase w, carboxypeptidase yscy, carboxypeptidase cpd-s3, ybr1015 gene product, carboxypeptidase z, scpz gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| serine-type D-Ala-D-Ala carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Cleaves between d-ala residues of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan; also catalyses transpeptidation of peptidyl-alanyl moieties that are n-acyl substituents of d-alanine Registry number: EC 3.4.16.4 Synonym: ala-ala carboxypeptidase, serine-type, dd-peptidase, d-alanyl-d-alanine-carboxypeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| N-alpha-acetylenkephalin carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Removes sequentially 2 amino acids from c-terminal end of n-acetyl(met5)- or n-acetyl(leu5)-enkephalins; non-acetylated enkephalins less active; a metallocarboxypeptidase Registry number: EC 3.4.17.- Synonym: n-acetyltyrosine deacetylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Human salivary enzyme liberates phenylalanine from the chemotactic peptide n-formylmethionine leucyl-phenylalanine Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: n-formyl-methionine leucyl-phenylalanyl carboxypeptidase, formylmet-leu-phe carboxypeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| DD-carboxypeptidase-endopeptidase | <enzyme> Hydrolyzes c-terminal d-ala-d-peptide, where second amino acid can vary Registry number: EC 3.4.15.- Synonym: dacf protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Hydrolytically removes dipeptides from the carboxyl end of low- and high-mol wt peptides Registry number: EC 3.4.15.- Synonym: dipeptidocarboxypeptidase, peptidyl-dipeptidase dcp (26 Jun 1999) |
| Thermus aquaticus carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> A zinc-dependent metallo-carboxypeptidase; has 511 amino acid residues; mw 56,210 da; genbank d17669 Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: carboxypeptidase taq, taq carboxypeptidase, cpase taq (26 Jun 1999) |
| zinc D-Ala-D-Ala carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Involved in last step of peptidoglycan synthesis; resistant to penicillin; see also record for d-alanyl-d-alanine serine peptidases Registry number: EC 3.4.17.14 Synonym: d-alanyl-d-alanine peptidase, zn(2+)g, zn(2+)g d-ala-d-ala peptidase, zn-ala-ala peptidase, zn(2+)g d-alanyl-d-alanine peptidase (26 Jun 1999) |