CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Zn peptidases
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.4.11.10
Bacterial leucyl aminopeptidase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q01693
Release of an N-terminal amino acid, preferentially leucine, but not glutamic or aspartic acids.
-!- Similar aminopeptidases were isolated from Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus thermophilus. -!- Belongs to peptidase families M17 and M28.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q01693
AMPX_VIBPR
Vibrio proteolyticus
Bacterial leucyl aminopeptidase

PDB Structure

PDB 2IQ6
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Experimental evidence for a metallohydrolase mechanism in which the nucleophile is not delivered by a metal ion: EPR spectrokinetic and structural studies of aminopeptidase from Vibrio proteolyticus
Kumar, A., Periyannan, G.R., Narayanan, B., Kittell, A.W., Kim, J.-J., Bennett, B.
Biochem.J.