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Tripeptidyl-peptidase-ii; Rat-liver; Inhibition; Lactacystin; Proteins; Cells.; Multidisciplinary in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology & Environmental Sciences. Multidisciplinary in Current Contents(R)/Life Sciences. Multidisciplinary in Current Contents(R)/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences.
Abstract:
An alanyl-alanyl-phenylalanyl-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin-hydrolyzing protease particle copurifying with 265 proteasomes was isolated and identified as tripeptidyl peptidase II(TPPII), a cytosolic subtilisin-like peptidase of unknown function. The particle is larger than the 265 proteasome and has a rod-shaped, dynamic supramolecular structure. TPPII exhibits enhanced activity in proteasome inhibitor-adapted cells and degrades polypeptides by exo- as well as predominantly trypsin-like endoproteolytic cleavage. TPPII may thus participate in extralysosomal polypeptide degradation and may in part account for nonproteasomal epitope generation as postulated for certain major histocompatibility complex class I alleles, In addition, TPPII may be able to substitute for some metabolic functions of the proteasome. [References: 28]
