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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), thermolysin and "enkephalinase", three metallopeptidases cleaving the Gly3-Phe4 amide bond of enkephalins, were compared regarding substrate specificity and effects of butanedione, an arginyl-directed reagent. The hydrolysis of enkephalins and analogues was more affected by the nature of P1 and P2 residues in the case of thermolysin than in those of ACE or "enkephalinase"; amidation of the C-terminal carboxylate decreased drastically the hydrolysis by ACE but only marginally by thermolysin and the effect was intermediate for "enkephalinase". With adequate model substrates, the ratio of dipeptidylcarboxypeptidase to tripeptidylcaroxypeptidase (endopeptidase) activities were of 25 for ACE, 3 for "enkephalinase" and only 0.3 for thermolysin. Finally a butanedione treatment increased thermolysin activity, but abolished ACE activity; it reduced "enkephalinase" activity by 80% when measured with a free C-terminal carboxylate enkephalin analogue but only slightly with the corresponding amidated derivative. A critical role of an Arg residue in ACE and, to a lesser extent, in "enkephalinase" (but not in thermolysin) is suggested to be responsible for the preferential dipeptidylcarboxypeptidase activity of these two enzymes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
372-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase and endopeptidase activities in the three enkephalin-hydrolysing metallopeptidases: "angiotensin-converting enzyme", thermolysin and "enkephalinase".
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study