carboxypeptidase A1 (CPA1, CPA)

Function

• release of a C-terminal amino acid
• little or no action with -Asp, -Glu, -Arg, -Lys or -Pro
• may form a complex with proelastase 2

Cofactor: binds 1 Zn+2 per subunit

Structure

• monomer
• belongs to the peptidase M14 family

Compartment

secreted

More general terms

• carboxypeptidase-A

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P15085.html
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1357
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/114850
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1357