Glutamyl aminopeptidase (, ''aminopeptidase A'', ''aspartate aminopeptidase'', ''angiotensinase A'', ''glutamyl peptidase'', ''Ca
2+-activated glutamate aminopeptidase'', ''membrane aminopeptidase II'', ''antigen BP-1/6C3 of mouse B lymphocytes'', ''L-aspartate aminopeptidase'', ''angiotensinase A2'') is an enzyme encoded by the gene. Glutamyl aminopeptidase has also recently been designated CD249 (cluster of differentiation 249).
Glutamyl aminopeptidase is a zinc-dependent membrane-bound aminopeptidase that catalyzes the cleavage of glutamic acid, glutamatic and aspartic acid, aspartatic amino acid residues from the N-terminus of polypeptides. The enzyme degrades vasoconstriction, vasoconstricting angiotensin II into angiotensin III and therefore helps to regulate blood pressure.
References
External links
* The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors
M01.003*
Clusters of differentiation
Zinc enzymes
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