carboxypeptidase A5 (CPA5)

Function

• release of a C-terminal amino acid, but 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

secreted (putative)

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

Expression is very low or not detectable

More general terms

• carboxypeptidase-A

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:9397
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8WXQ8.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=93979