Thimet oligopeptidase and neurolysin are closely related zinc-dependent metallopeptidases that metabolize small bioactive peptides. They cleave many substrates at the same sites, but they recognise different positions on others. This entry represents the up-down alpha bundle domain found at the N terminus of these and related M3 peptidases.

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2: Crystal structure of human thimet oligopeptidase provides insight into substrate recognition, regulation, and localization. Ray K, Hines CS, Coll-Rodriguez J, Rodgers DW; J Biol Chem. 2004;279:20480-20489. PMID:14998993

3: Crystal structure of the E. coli dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase Dcp: further indication of a ligand-dependent hinge movement mechanism. Comellas-Bigler M, Lang R, Bode W, Maskos K; J Mol Biol. 2005;349:99-112. PMID:15876371

4: Swapping the substrate specificities of the neuropeptidases neurolysin and thimet oligopeptidase. Lim EJ, Sampath S, Coll-Rodriguez J, Schmidt J, Ray K, Rodgers DW; J Biol Chem. 2007;282:9722-9732. PMID:17251185

5: Allosteric inhibition of the neuropeptidase neurolysin. Hines CS, Ray K, Schmidt JJ, Xiong F, Feenstra RW, Pras-Raves M, de Moes JP, Lange JH, Melikishvili M, Fried MG, Mortenson P, Charlton M, Patel Y, Courtney SM, Kruse CG, Rodgers DW; J Biol Chem. 2014;289:35605-35619. PMID:25378390