Abstract：
:The mammalian neprilysin (NEP) family comprises at least seven members: NEP itself, Kell blood group antigen (KELL), the endothelin-converting enzymes (ECE-1 and ECE-2), the enzyme PEX, associated with X-linked hypophosphataemia, "X-converting enzyme" (XCE) a CNS-expressed orphan peptidase and a soluble, secreted endopeptidase (SEP). These zinc metallopeptidases are all type II integral membrane proteins. Where identified, these enzymes have roles in the processing or metabolism of regulatory peptides and therefore represent potential therapeutic targets. A distinct feature of ECE-1 species is their existence as distinct isoforms differing in their N-terminal cytoplasmic tails. These tails play a role in enzyme targeting and turnover with di-leucine and tyrosine-based motifs affecting localization. Additional anchorage of these enzymes can also occur through palmitoylation. Bacterial homologues of the neprilysin family exist, for example the products of the pepO genes from L. lactis and S. parasanguis, and a recently described gene product of P. gingivalis which is an ECE-1 homologue that can catalyse the conversion of big endothelin to endothelin. A genomics based approach to understanding the functions of this proteinase family is aided by the completion of the C. elegans and Drosophila genomes, both of which encode multiple copies of NEP-like enzymes.
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Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Turner AJ,Brown CD,Carson JA,Barnes Kdoi
10.1007/0-306-46826-3_25subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-01-01 00:00:00pages
229-40eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
477pub_type
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