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Peptidyl glycinamidase

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EC number
  
3.4.19.2

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CAS number
  
94047-14-0

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Peptidyl-glycinamidase (EC 3.4.19.2, carboxyamidase, peptidyl carboxy-amidase, peptidyl-aminoacylamidase, carboxamidopeptidase, peptidyl amino acid amide hydrolase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage of C-terminal glycinamide from polypeptides

This enzyme inactivates vasopressin and oxytocin by splitting off glycinamide.

References

Peptidyl-glycinamidase Wikipedia