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Metalloexopeptidase
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<h2 id="metallocarboxypeptidase">Metallocarboxypeptidase</h2> <p>The terms "metallo carboxypeptidase", "metallo-carboxypeptidase" and "metallocarboxypeptidase" are used to describe a metalloexopeptidase <a href="/facts/Carboxypeptidase/RmQNzvCR">carboxypeptidase</a>. These peptidases specifically target the <a href="/facts/C-terminus/ws4scHgT">C-terminus</a>, the unbound <a href="/facts/Carboxyl_group/U4xuMosy">carboxyl group</a> (-COOH) at one distinct end of the amino acid chain (cutting one side from a loaf of bread rather than the end). </p> <h2 id="enzyme-commission-number">Enzyme Commission number</h2> <p>Using the <a href="/facts/Enzyme_Commission_number/Y5GNLRKX">Enzyme Commission number</a> (EC number) system, metallocarboxypeptidases fall under <a href="/facts/List_of_EC_numbers_(EC_3)/ASfeJzMf">EC 3.4.17</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> Examples of these compounds in the <a href="/facts/Human_genome/VTV85pbn">human genome</a> include AGBL1 and AGBL2, known also as ATP/GTP Binding Protein-Like 1 and 2, respectively. The former resides in <a href="/facts/Chromosome_15_(human)/5omtrEyl">Chromosome 15</a> and is made up of 951,392 <a href="/facts/Base_pair/xmPpPQ9W">base pairs</a> (bases) while the latter resides in <a href="/facts/Chromosome_11_(human)/cB1PGjm5">Chromosome 11</a> and is made up of 56,221 bases.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Chemistry portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Enzyme_catalysis/4a283vgL">Enzyme catalysis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hydrolase/XW89JvNF">Hydrolase</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?name=Metalloexopeptidase">Metalloexopeptidase</a> at the U.S. National Library of Medicine <a href="/facts/Medical_Subject_Headings/C57g2JuF">Medical Subject Headings</a> (MeSH)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"ENZYME: 3.4.17.-". enzyme.expasy.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21. <a href="https://enzyme.expasy.org/EC/3.4.17.-" target="_blank">https://enzyme.expasy.org/EC/3.4.17.-</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"AGBL1". www.genecards.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21. <a href="https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=AGBL1" target="_blank">https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=AGBL1</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"AGBL2". www.genecards.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21. <a href="https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=AGBL2" target="_blank">https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=AGBL2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>