from renal microvillar membrane; contains zinc; distinguished from EC 3.4.24.11 by insensitivity to phosphoramidon; meprin B is a separate record 10/95; do not confuse with meprin (synonym to MERCAPTOPROPIONYLGLYCINE used in the treatment of liver diseases, as a detoxicant & in therapy of myopia); composed of disulfide-bridged dimers of alpha-subunits; RefSeq NM_005588 (MEP1A, human); NM_008585 (Mep1a, mouse); NM_013143 (Mep1a, rat); NM_005925 (MEP1B, human); NM_008586 (Mep1b, mouse); NM_013183 (Mep1b, rat)
Also Known As:
MEP1A protein, human; MEP1B protein, human; Mep1a protein, mouse; Mep1a protein, rat; Mep1b protein, mouse; Mep1b protein, rat; N-benzoyl-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid hydrolase; PABA peptide hydrolase; PABA peptide hydrolase, human; PABA-peptide hydrolase; endopeptidase-2; endopeptidase-24.18; meprin (enzyme); meprin 1 alpha protein, mouse; meprin 1 alpha protein, rat; meprin 1 beta protein, mouse; meprin 1 beta protein, rat; meprin A, alpha protein, human; meprin A, beta protein, human; meprin alpha protein, human; meprin beta, human