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Lysine aminopeptidase of

The EMBL accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AJ292570.

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Abstract

Conserved regions within the M1 family of metallo-aminopeptidases have been used to clone a zinc aminopeptidase from the industrially used fungus . The derived amino acid sequence of ApsA is highly similar to two yeast zinc aminopeptidases, LAPI and AAPI (533 and 509% overall similarity, respectively), two members of the M1 family of metallo-aminopeptidases. The encoding gene was successfully overexpressed in and the overexpressed product was purified and characterized. Aminopeptidase A was found to be active towards a number of amino acid p-nitroanilide (NA) substrates, viz. K-NA, R-NA, L-NA, M-NA, A-NA and F-NA. The most preferred N-terminal amino acid is lysine and not leucine, arginine or alanine, the N-terminal amino acids preferred by the yeast homologues. The and for K-NA and L-NA were 017 mM and 049 μkat mg, and 016 mM and 031 μkat mg, respectively. The pH optimum of the enzyme is between 75 and 8, whereas the enzyme is stable between pH 5 and 8. The enzyme is inhibited by the metal chelators EGTA, EDTA and 1,10-phenanthrolin. Bestatin was also able to inhibit the activity.

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Keyword(s): metallopeptidase and pNA, p-nitroanilide
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Lysine aminopeptidase of Aspergillus nigerThe EMBL accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AJ292570.
Microbiology 147, 2045 (2001); https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-147-8-2045
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