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Journal of Bacteriology, February 2001, p. 1489-1490, Vol. 183, No. 4
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.4.1489-1490.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Aminopeptidases A, B, and N and Dipeptidase D Are the Four Cysteinylglycinases of Escherichia coli K-12

Hideyuki Suzuki,^* Sachiko Kamatani, Eun-Soo Kim, and Hidehiko Kumagai

Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

Received Recieved 30 October 2000/Accepted 21 November 2000

Aminopeptidases A, B, and N and dipeptidase D, with broad substrate specificity, are the four cysteinylglycinases of Escherichia coli K-12, and there is no peptidase specific for the cleavage of cysteinylglycine.

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^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. Phone: 81-75-753-6278. Fax: 81-75-753-6275. E-mail: hideyuki{at}lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp.

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Journal of Bacteriology, February 2001, p. 1489-1490, Vol. 183, No. 4
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.4.1489-1490.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

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