LNPEP (leucyl and cystinyl aminopeptidase)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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4012 |
Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Leucyl and cystinyl aminopeptidase |
Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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LNPEP |
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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CAP, IRAP, P-LAP, PLAP |
Chromosome
Chromosome number
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5 |
Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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5q15 |
Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This gene encodes a zinc-dependent aminopeptidase that cleaves vasopressin, oxytocin, lys-bradykinin, met-enkephalin, dynorphin A and other peptide hormones. The protein can be secreted in maternal serum, reside in intracellular vesicles with the insulin- |
miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
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Other IDs
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Protein | |||||||||||||||||||||
UniProt ID | Q9UIQ6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Protein name | Leucyl-cystinyl aminopeptidase (Cystinyl aminopeptidase) (EC 3.4.11.3) (Insulin-regulated membrane aminopeptidase) (Insulin-responsive aminopeptidase) (IRAP) (Oxytocinase) (OTase) (Placental leucine aminopeptidase) (P-LAP) [Cleaved into: Leucyl-cystinyl a | ||||||||||||||||||||
Protein function | Release of an N-terminal amino acid, cleaves before cysteine, leucine as well as other amino acids. Degrades peptide hormones such as oxytocin, vasopressin and angiotensin III, and plays a role in maintaining homeostasis during pregnancy. May be | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDB | 4P8Q , 4PJ6 , 4Z7I , 5C97 , 5JHQ , 5MJ6 , 7ZYF , 8CGP , 8CGW , 8P0I | ||||||||||||||||||||
Family and domains |
Pfam
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Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in placenta, heart, kidney and small intestine. Detected at lower levels in neuronal cells in the brain, in skeletal muscle, spleen, liver, testes and colon. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11389728, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8550619, EC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sequence length | 1025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interactions | View interactions |
Pathways
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Associated diseases
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