Carboxypeptidase U

Carboxypeptidase U (EC 3.4.17.20, arginine carboxypeptidase, carboxypeptidase R, plasma carboxypeptidase B, thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor) is an enzyme.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Release of C-terminal Arg and Lys from a polypeptide

Carboxypeptidase U
Identifiers
EC no.	3.4.17.20
CAS no.	156621-18-0
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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Pro-carboxypeptidase U in (human) plasma is activated by thrombin or plasmin during clotting to form the unstable carboxypeptidase U.

See also

• Carboxypeptidase