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aminopeptidase

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aminopeptidase [ə‚mē·nō′pep·tə‚dās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme which catalyzes the liberation of an amino acid from the end of a peptide having a free amino group.


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difficile was identified by Gram stain (spore-forming gram-positive rods) and detection of L-proline aminopeptidase activity (Pro Disc, Remel, Lenexa, KS, USA) (19).
Additionally, PRAECIS is presenting research on the potential role of PPI-2458 in melanoma in a poster entitled "Effects of PPI-2458, an inhibitor of methionine aminopeptidase type-2 on growth of melanoma and expression of MITF" (Abstract #349).
This metalloprotease receptor is widely divergent from the aminopeptidase N receptor of group 1 CoVs (16) but is expressed in lung, heart, kidney, and gastrointestinal tissue, consistent with the pathology of SARS.
 
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