carboxypeptidase-A3 (mast cell carboxypeptidase-A, CPA3)

Function

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

Cofactor: binds 1 Zn+2 per subunit (putative)

Structure

belongs to the peptidase M14 family

Compartment

secretory granules

More general terms

• carboxypeptidase-A

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P15088.html
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/114851
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1359