Hersh L B
Life Sci. 1986 Mar 31;38(13):1151-3. doi: 10.1016/0024-3205(86)90168-2.
The use of trivial names for enkephalin degrading peptidases such as "aminoenkephalinase" and "carboxyenkephalinase" imply a specificity and cellular localization which is not inherent in any of the peptidases implicated in the degradation of endogenous enkephalins. Rather than name these enzymes on the basis of one of their many substrates, it is proposed that they be named according to their general reaction type. Such a nomenclature has already been proposed for the enkephalin degrading endopeptidase 24.11 given the trivial name "enkephalinase".
使用诸如“氨基脑啡肽酶”和“羧基脑啡肽酶”等脑啡肽降解肽酶的俗名意味着一种特异性和细胞定位，而这并非参与内源性脑啡肽降解的任何一种肽酶所固有的。与其根据它们众多底物之一来命名这些酶，不如建议根据它们的一般反应类型来命名。鉴于脑啡肽降解内肽酶24.11的俗名是“脑啡肽酶”，这样一种命名法已经被提出用于该酶。
