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Carboxypeptidase vs Aminopeptidase - What's the difference?

carboxypeptidase | aminopeptidase |

In enzyme terms the difference between carboxypeptidase and aminopeptidase

is that carboxypeptidase is any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide / protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group while aminopeptidase is any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein.

carboxypeptidase

English

Noun

(wikipedia carboxypeptidase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide / protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group

    • aminopeptidase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia aminopeptidase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein