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ERAP2

Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ERAP2 gene.[1]

Function

Function

Aminopeptidases hydrolyze N-terminal amino acids of proteins or peptide substrates. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules rely on aminopeptidases such as ERAP1 and LRAP to trim precursors to antigenic peptides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) following cleavage in the cytoplasm by tripeptidyl peptidase II (TPP2).[2]

References

References

  1. “Entrez Gene: Endoplasmic reticulum amino peptidase 2”.
  2. Tanioka T, Hattori A, Masuda S, Nomura Y, Nakayama H, Mizutani S, Tsujimoto M (Aug 2003). “Human leukocyte-derived arginine aminopeptidase. The third member of the oxytocinase subfamily of aminopeptidases”. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (34): 32275–83. doi:10.1074/jbc.M305076200. PMID 12799365.
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Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


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