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EC 3.4.11.3 Details
EC number
3.4.11.3
Accepted name
cystinyl aminopeptidase
Reaction
Release of an N-terminal amino acid, Cys┼Xaa-, in which the half-cystine residue is involved in a disulfide loop, notably in oxytocin or vasopressin. Hydrolysis rates on a range of aminoacyl arylamides exceed that for the cystinyl derivative, however [4]
Other name(s)
cystyl-aminopeptidase,
oxytocinase,
cystine aminopeptidase,
L-cystine aminopeptidase,
oxytocin peptidase,
vasopresssinase
CAS registry number
9031-41-8
Comment
A zinc-containing sialoglycoprotein in peptidase family M1 (membrane alanyl aminopeptidase family)
History
created 1972
EC Tree
3.4.11.8 created 1972, deleted 1981
3.4.11.11 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.11.12 created 1978, deleted 1997