Anti-PAM/Peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase antibody

Target data

Bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes amidation of the C-terminus of proteins (PubMed : 12699694, PubMed : 2357221). Alpha-amidation is present at the C-terminus of many endocrine hormones and neuropeptides and is required for their activity (PubMed : 1575450). C-terminal amidation also takes place in response to protein fragmentation triggered by oxidative stress, promoting degradation of amidated protein fragments by the proteasome (PubMed : 2207077). Alpha-amidation involves two sequential reactions, both of which are catalyzed by separate catalytic domains of the enzyme (PubMed : 12699694). The first step, catalyzed by peptidyl alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM) domain, is the copper-, ascorbate-, and O2- dependent stereospecific hydroxylation (with S stereochemistry) at the alpha-carbon (C-alpha) of the C-terminal glycine of the peptidylglycine substrate (PubMed : 12699694). The second step, catalyzed by the peptidylglycine amidoglycolate lyase (PAL) domain, is the zinc-dependent cleavage of the N-C-alpha bond, producing the alpha-amidated peptide and glyoxylate (PubMed : 12699694). Similarly, catalyzes the two-step conversion of an N-fatty acylglycine to a primary fatty acid amide and glyoxylate (By similarity).