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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Exopeptidases > Carboxypeptidases > Lysine Carboxypeptidase
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Exopeptidases > Metalloexopeptidases > Lysine Carboxypeptidase
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Metalloproteases > Metalloexopeptidases > Lysine Carboxypeptidase

Preferred term

Lysine Carboxypeptidase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Anaphylatoxin Inactivator
  • Bradykininase
  • Carboxypeptidase N
  • Inactivator, Anaphylatoxin
  • Kininase I

Scope note

  • A metallocarboxypeptidase that removes C-terminal basic amino acid from peptides and proteins, with preference shown for lysine over arginine. It is a plasma zinc enzyme that inactivates bradykinin and anaphylatoxins.

History note

  • 1997 (1975)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001121

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