Reaction: Hydrolysis of protein and peptide substrates preferentially on carboxyl side of hydrophobic residues
Other names: endopeptidase-2; meprin-a; meprin; N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid hydrolase; PABA-peptide hydrolase; PPH
Comments: A membrane-bound metalloendopeptidase of rat and mouse kidney and intestinal brush borders, and salivary ducts. Differences from neprilysin (EC 3.4.24.11) include insensitivity to phosphoramidon and thiorphan. PABA-peptide hydrolase is a very similar enzyme found in human intestinal microvilli [4]. In peptidase family M12 (astacin family). Formerly included in EC 3.4.24.11
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 148938-24-3
References:
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5. Barnes, K., Ingram, J. and Kenny, A.J. Proteins of the kidney microvillar membrane. Structural and immunochemical properties of rat endopeptidase-2 and its immunohistochemical localization in tissues of rat and mouse. Biochem. J. 264 (1989) 335-346. [PMID: 2690825]