ENTRY       EC 3.4.11.12
NAME        Thermophilic aminopeptidase
CLASS       Hydrolases
            Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)
            Aminopeptidases
REACTION    Release of any N-terminal amino acid, including arginine, lysine
            and proline
SUBSTRATE   Peptide
            H2O
PRODUCT     Amino acid
            Peptide
COFACTOR    Metal
COMMENT     A metalloenzyme of high temperature stability and of broad
            specificity. Isolated from Bacillus stearothermophilus,
            Talaromyces duponti and Mucor sp.
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.4.11.12
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.4.11.12
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