Protein
Acylamino-acid-releasing enzyme
Function
This enzyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of the N-terminal peptide bond of an N-acetylated peptide to generate an N-acetylated amino acid and a peptide with a free N-terminus. It preferentially cleaves off Ac-Ala, Ac-Met and Ac-Ser (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the peptidase S9C family.
Sequence
MERQVLLSEPQEAAALYRGLSRQPSLSAACLGPEVTTQYGGLYRTVHTEWTQRDLDRMENIRFCRQYLVFHDGDSVVFAGPAGNSVETRGELLSRESPSGTMKAVLRKAGGAVSGEEKQFLEVWEKNRKLKSFNLSALEKHGPVYEDDCFGCLSWSHSETHLLYVAEKKRPKAESFFQTKALDVSASDEEMARPKKPDQAIKGDQFVFYEDWGETMVSKSIPVLCVLDIESGNISVLEGVPENVSPGQAFWAPGDTGVVFVGWWHEPFRLGIRYCTNRRSALYYVDLSGGKCELLSDESLAVCSPRLSPDQCRVVYLQYPSLAPHHQCSQLFLYDWYTKVTSLVVDIVPRQLGESFSGIYCSLLPLGCWSADSQRVVFDSVQRSRQDLFAVDTQTGSVTSLTAGGSAGSWKLLTIDRDLMVAQFSTPNLPPSLKVGFLPPAGKEQSVSWVSLEEAEPIPDIHWGIRVLHPPPDQENVQYADLDFEAILLQPSNSPDKSQVPMVVMPHGGPHSSFVTAWMLFPAMLCKMGFAVLLVNYRGSTGFGQDSILSLPGNVGHQDVKDVQFAVQQVLQEEHFDARRVALMGGSHGGFLSCHLIGQYPETYSACIARNPVINIVSMMGTTDIPDWCMVETGFPYSNDYLPDLNVLEEMLDKSPIKYIPQVKTPVLLMLGQEDRRVPFKQGLEYYHALKARNVPVRLLLYPKSTHALSEVEVESDSFMNTVLWLHTHLGS