Tripeptide aminopeptidase

Tripeptide aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.4, tripeptidase, aminotripeptidase, aminoexotripeptidase, lymphopeptidase, imidoendopeptidase, peptidase B, alanine-phenylalanine-proline arylamidase, peptidase T) is an enzyme.^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

Release of the N-terminal residue from a tripeptide

Tripeptide aminopeptidase
Identifiers
EC no.	3.4.11.4
CAS no.	9056-26-2
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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This is a zinc enzyme, widely distributed in mammalian tissues.