title: Guinea pig membrane-bound aminopeptidase P is a member of the proline peptidase family.
abstract: Members of the newly recognized proline peptidase family share the ability to hydrolyze imide bonds and share six blocks of highly homologous amino acid sequences. We have found that guinea pig lung and kidney forms of aminopeptidase P, both forms bound to membranes via glycosyl phosphatidylinositol lipid anchors, share at least three of the six conserved blocks of amino acid sequences. In addition, aminopeptidase P acts as an aminoacylproline hydrolase and thus appears to be a member of the proline peptidase family.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
authors: N D
authors: ND
authors: Denslow
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Ryan
authors: H P
authors: HP
authors: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000626:Aminopeptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004150:Dipeptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology; D008566:Membranes / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D000626:Aminopeptidases; C022750:X-Pro aminopeptidase; D004150:Dipeptidases; C022449:proline dipeptidase