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Facts about Xaa-Pro aminopeptidase 1.
Contributes to the degradation of bradykinin.
Catalyzes the removal of a penultimate prolyl residue from the N-termini of peptides, for example Arg-Pro-Pro..
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | XPNPEP1 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NQW7 |
| Entrez: | 7511 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase M24B family |

Aminoacylproline aminopeptidase; Aminopeptidase P1; APP1; Cytosolic aminopeptidase P; cytosolic; EC 3.4.11.9; SAMP; xaa-Pro aminopeptidase 1; XPNPEP1; XPNPEPLX-prolyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase P)-like; X-prolyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase P) 1, soluble; X-prolyl aminopeptidase 1, soluble
Mass (kDA):
69.918 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10q25.1 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (109864766..109923553, complement) |
Expressed in all tissues tested, including pancreas, heart, muscle, kidney, liver, lung and brain. Highest levels in pancreas.
Cytoplasm.




PMID: 9465902 by Vanhoof G., et al. Isolation and sequence analysis of a human cDNA clone (XPNPEPL) homologous to X-prolyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase P).
PMID: 10871044 by Sprinkle T.J., et al. Cloning, chromosomal sublocalization of the human soluble aminopeptidase P gene (XPNPEP1) to 10q25.3 and conservation of the putative proton shuttle and metal ligand binding sites with XPNPEP2.