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Facts about Carboxypeptidase A6.
Releases a C-terminal amino acid, with preference for large hydrophobic C-terminal amino acids and shows only very weak activity toward little amino acids and histidine (PubMed:20855895). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CPA6 |
Uniprot: | Q8N4T0 |
Entrez: | 57094 |
Belongs to: |
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peptidase M14 family |
carboxypeptidase A6; CPAHCarboxypeptidase B; EC 3.4.17; EC 3.4.17.1
Mass (kDA):
51.008 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 8q13.2 |
Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (67422038..67747114, complement) |
Expressed in the hippocampus, nucleus raphe, and cortex.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix.
PMID: 11836249 by Wei S., et al. Identification and characterization of three members of the human metallocarboxypeptidase gene family.
PMID: 12454025 by Pizzuti A., et al. A peptidase gene in chromosome 8q is disrupted by a balanced translocation in a duane syndrome patient.