What is "tripeptide aminopeptidase"

n. (context enzyme English) A zinc enzyme, widely distributed in mammalian tissues, that catalyzes the release of the N-terminal residue from a tripeptide.

Tripeptide aminopeptidase (, tripeptidase, aminotripeptidase, aminoexotripeptidase, lymphopeptidase, imidoendopeptidase, peptidase B, alanine-phenylalanine-proline arylamidase, peptidase T) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Release of the N-terminal residue from a tripeptide

This zinc enzyme, widely distributed in mammalian tissues.