Miller B C, Thiele D L, Hersh L B, Cottam G L
Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235-9038.
Arch Biochem Biophys. 1994 May 15;311(1):174-9. doi: 10.1006/abbi.1994.1223.
Exogenous methionine enkephalin incubated with CD4+ or CD8+ T cells purified from murine spleen is metabolized primarily, if not exclusively, by aminopeptidase N (aminopeptidase M, EC 3.4.11.2), a membrane-anchored ectopeptidase. The enzyme activity is identified by its substrate specificity, sensitivity to inhibition by amastatin, and immunoreactivity with antibody to rat kidney aminopeptidase N. Activation of CD4+ T cells results in a small increase per cell in aminopeptidase N activity.
与从小鼠脾脏纯化的CD4⁺或CD8⁺T细胞一起孵育的外源性甲硫氨酸脑啡肽,主要(如果不是唯一的话)由氨肽酶N(氨肽酶M,EC 3.4.11.2)代谢,氨肽酶N是一种膜锚定的外肽酶。该酶活性通过其底物特异性、对氨肽素抑制的敏感性以及与抗大鼠肾氨肽酶N抗体的免疫反应性来鉴定。CD4⁺T细胞的激活导致每个细胞的氨肽酶N活性略有增加。