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Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase

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Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase

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Tryptophanyl aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.17, tryptophan aminopeptidase, L-tryptophan aminopeptidase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential release of N-terminal tryptophan

This enzyme from Trichosporon cutaneum also acts on L-tryptophanamide.

References

Iwayama A, Kimura T, Adachi O, Ameyama M (1983). "Crystallization and characterization of a novel aminopeptidase from Trichosporon cutaneum". Agric. Biol. Chem. 47: 2483–2493. doi:10.1271/bbb1961.47.2483.

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Tryptophanyl+aminopeptidase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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Hydrolase: proteases (EC 3.4)

3.4.11-19: Exopeptidase

3.4.11	Aminopeptidase Alanine Arginyl Aspartyl Cystinyl Leucyl Glutamyl Methionyl 1 2 O
3.4.13	Dipeptidase 1 2 3
3.4.14	Dipeptidyl peptidase Cathepsin C Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 Tripeptidyl peptidase Tripeptidyl peptidase I Tripeptidyl peptidase II
3.4.15	Angiotensin-converting enzyme
3.4.16	Serine type carboxypeptidases: Cathepsin A DD-Transpeptidase
3.4.17	Metalloexopeptidases Carboxypeptidase A A2 B C E Glutamate II
Other/ungrouped	Metalloexopeptidase

3.4.21-25: Endopeptidase

Other/ungrouped: Amyloid precursor protein secretase

3.4.99: Unknown

Staphylokinase

v t e Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Diffusion-limited enzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list) EC7 Translocases (list)

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EC 3.4.11

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