Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Function
Metalloendoprotease which is required in the dorsal paired medial neurons for the proper formation of long-term (LTM) and middle-term memories (MTM). Also required in the mushroom body neurons where it functions redundantly with neprilysins Nep2 and Nep4 in normal LTM formation.
Similarity
Belongs to the peptidase M13 family.
Sequence
MTRYKQTEFTEDDSSSIGGIQLNEATGHTGMQIRYHTARATWNWRSRNKTEKWLLITTFVMAITIFTLLIVLFTDGGSSDATKHVLHVQPHQKDCPSGNELPCLNKHCIFASSEILKSIDVTVDPCDDFYGYSCNQWIKNNPIPEGKSTWGTFGKLEQMNQLIIRNVLEKPAKSFKSDAERKAKVYYESCLDADEHMEKLGAKPMNDLLLQIGGWNVTKSGYNVANWTMGHTLKILHNKYNFNCLFGWAIGEDDKNSSRHVIQIDQGGLTLPTADYYNNKTDNHRKVLNEYIEYMTKVCVLLGANESDARAQMIGVINFEKKLANITIPLEDRRNEEAMYHPMQLRQLSKLAPFLNWTDHFDNAMQMVGRRVTDDEVVVVYAPDFLKNLSDIILKMEQTEEGKITLNNYLVWQAVRTLTSCLSKPFRDAYKGVRKALMGSDGGEEIWRYCVSDTNNVVGFAVGAIFVRQAFHGESKPAAEQMIAEIREAFKMNLQNLTWVDKQTREKAIEKANQISDMIGFPDYILDPVELDKKYAELNITPNAYFENNIQVAIYNLKSNLKRLDQPVNKTNWGMTPQTVNAYYTPTKNQIVFPAGILQTPFFDINNPKSLNFGAMGVVMGHELTHAFDDQGREYDKFGNINRWWDSKSIERFNEKSECIARQYSGYKMNGRTLNGKQTLGENIADNGGLKAAYHAYQRTKSDRDVDILKLPGLNLTHSQLFFVSFAQVWCSSTTDETNLLQMEKDPHSPSQFRVIGTLSNMKEFAEVFQCKPGKRMNPTEKCEVW