Medical Definition of Dipeptidyl peptidases
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Dipeptidylpeptide hydrolases. Enzymes which cleave dipeptides from the amino terminal of a polypeptide. Dipeptidyl peptidase I, II, III, IV are known. They hydrolyze the beta-naphthylamides of glycine-arginine, lysine-alanine, arginine-arginine and glycine-proline, respectively. Dipeptidyl peptidase I is cathepsin c.
Registry number: EC 3.4.14.
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipeptidyl Peptidases
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