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- ISSN: 0929-8665
- E-ISSN: 1875-5305
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Neprilysin 2: A Novel Messenger Peptide-Inactivating Metalloprotease
- Source: Protein and Peptide Letters, Volume 11, Issue 5, Oct 2004, p. 479 - 489
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- 01 Oct 2004
Abstract
Neprilysin 2 is a recently identified glycoprotein displaying the highest degree of sequence identity with neprilysin (EC 3.4.24.11), the prototypical member of the M13 family of zinc-dependent metalloproteases. Whereas neprilysin has been shown to be involved in the inactivation of endogenous messenger peptides, like enkephalins and tachykinins, the true physiological functions of neprilysin 2 remain unknown.
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