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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Metallocarboxypeptidase-like
Functional Family Carboxypeptidase B2

Enzyme Information

3.4.17.20
Carboxypeptidase U.
based on mapping to UniProt Q96IY4
Release of C-terminal Arg and Lys from a polypeptide.
-!- Pro-carboxypeptidase U in plasma is activated by thrombin or plasmin during clotting to form the unstable carboxypeptidase U. -!- Activity similar to that of the more stable lysine carboxypeptidase, except no preference is shown for Lys over Arg. -!- Belongs to peptidase family M14.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q96IY4
CBPB2_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Carboxypeptidase B2

PDB Structure

PDB 3D68
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal structures of TAFI elucidate the inactivation mechanism of activated TAFI: a novel mechanism for enzyme autoregulation
Marx, P.F., Brondijk, T.H., Plug, T., Romijn, R.A., Hemrika, W., Meijers, J.C.M., Huizinga, E.G.
Blood
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