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IRAP
a leucyl/cystinyl aminopeptidase. A type II membrane protein and secreted. Resides in intracellular vesicles together with GLUT4 and can then translocate to the cell surface in response to insulin and/or oxytocin.. Degrades peptide hormones such as oxytocin, vasopressin and angiotensin III, and plays a role in maintaining homeostasis during pregnancy. May be involved in the inactivation of neuronal peptides in the brain. Cleaves Met-enkephalin and dynorphin. Binds angiotensin IV and may be the angiotensin IV receptor in the brain. Three alternatively spliced isoforms have been described. Note: This description may include information from UniProtKB.
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| Protein type: Membrane protein, integral; EC 3.4.11.3; Protease |
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Cellular Component: cell surface; membrane; intracellular membrane-bound organelle; cell soma; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; cytoplasm; integral to membrane; plasma membrane; endomembrane system; intracellular organelle; intracellular; vesicle
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Molecular Function: zinc ion binding; metallopeptidase activity; peptide hormone binding; aminopeptidase activity; angiotensin receptor activity
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Biological Process: regulation of long-term neuronal synaptic plasticity; peptide catabolic process; response to hormone stimulus; protein catabolic process; proteolysis
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Reference #:
P97629 (UniProtKB)
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| Alt. Names/Synonyms: aminopeptidase Vp165; Cystinyl aminopeptidase; GP160; Insulin-regulated membrane aminopeptidase; insulin-regulated membrane aminopeptidase IRAP; Insulin-responsive aminopeptidase; IRAP; LCAP; Leucyl-cystinyl aminopeptidase; leucyl/cystinyl aminopeptidase; Lnpep; OTase; Oxytocinase; P-LAP; Placental leucine aminopeptidase; Vesicle protein of 165 kDa; Vp165 |
| Gene Symbols: Lnpep |
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Molecular weight: 117,201 Da
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Basal Isoelectric point: 5.35
Predict pI for various phosphorylation states
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Protein-Specific Antibodies or siRNAs from Cell Signaling Technology®
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