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Purification and characterization of tripeptidylpeptidase-II from post-mortem human brain

Overview of attention for article published in Neurochemical Research, July 1993
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Title
Purification and characterization of tripeptidylpeptidase-II from post-mortem human brain
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Neurochemical Research, July 1993
DOI 10.1007/bf00966768
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Authors

C. Wilson, A. M. Gibson, J. R. McDermott

Abstract

A soluble tripeptidylaminopeptidase has been isolated from human post-mortem cerebral cortex by anion exchange, hydrophobic interaction and size-exclusion chromatography. From gel filtration studies the active enzyme can exist in both high molecular weight (M(r) > 10(6) and smaller forms. The enzyme hydrolyses Ala-Ala-Phe-7-amido-4-methylcoumarin with a pH optimum of around 7.5 and Km of 148 microM. It did not hydrolyse N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Phe-7-amido-4-methylcoumarin, aminoacyl- or dipeptidyl-7-amido-methylcoumarins and was not inhibited by bestatin. The enzyme was inhibited by phenylmethylsulphonyl-fluoride, 3,4-dichloroisocoumarin, N-hydroxymercuriphenyl-sulphonic acid and N-ethylmaleimide showing that its activity is serine and cysteine dependent. The purified enzyme released tripeptides from several naturally occurring neuropeptides with quite broad specificity. Cholecystokinin octapeptide, angiotensin III and neurokinin A were the most rapidly hydrolysed. Peptides with Pro residues around the point of cleavage were not hydrolysed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 8 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 25%
Student > Master 2 25%
Other 1 13%
Researcher 1 13%
Unknown 2 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 50%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 13%
Unknown 3 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 December 2017.
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#4,696,560
of 22,788,370 outputs
Outputs from Neurochemical Research
#376
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#2,431
of 19,994 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Neurochemical Research
#1
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