title: Carboxypeptidase U, a plasma carboxypeptidase with high affinity for plasminogen.
abstract: A novel basic carboxypeptidase clearly different from carboxypeptidase N has been isolated from human plasma. It circulates as an enzymatically inactive precursor enzyme bound to plasminogen. During fibrinolysis, it can be converted to its active form, carboxypeptidase U, through the action of plasmin. The active enzyme has an apparent molecular weight of 53,000 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It hydrolyzes the synthetic peptides hippuryl-L-arginine and hippuryl-L-lysine but, in contrast to other human basic carboxypeptidases, has only a limited esterase activity. After its activation, carboxypeptidase U tends to be very unstable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Hendriks
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Scharpé
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D025901:Carboxypeptidase B2; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D001121:Lysine Carboxypeptidase / Q000302:isolation & purification; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D010958:Plasminogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010958:Plasminogen; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D025901:Carboxypeptidase B2; D001121:Lysine Carboxypeptidase