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Facts about N-acetylated-alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase 2.
Inactivate the peptide neurotransmitter N- acetylaspartylglutamate. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | NAALAD2 |
Uniprot: | Q9Y3Q0 |
Entrez: | 10003 |
Belongs to: |
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peptidase M28 family |
GCPIII; Glutamate Carboxypeptidase III; GPCIII; MGC116996; MGC26353; NAADALASE2; NAALAD2; NAALADase II; NAALADase2; NAALADase-2; N-acetylated alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase 2; N-acetylated alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase II; N-acetylated-alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase 2; N-acetylated-alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase II
Mass (kDA):
83.592 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 11q14.3 |
Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (90131693..90193577) |
Highest expression in the testis. Also found in ovary and spleen. Weak expression in prostate, heart and placenta. In brain, expressed in striatum, parietal cortex and ventral striatum with lower levels in hippocampus, brain stem, putamen and superior colliculus.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.
PMID: 10085079 by Pangalos M.N., et al. Isolation and expression of novel human glutamate carboxypeptidases with N-acetylated alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase and dipeptidyl peptidase IV activity.
PMID: 19678840 by Hlouchova K., et al. Structural insight into the evolutionary and pharmacologic homology of glutamate carboxypeptidases II and III.