Protein Information

General Information
MoonProt ID4018
First appeared in release4.0
Name(s)Methionine aminopeptidase
UniProt IDI7FJS2
GO terms"GO:0004177 aminopeptidase activity GO:0004239 initiator methionyl aminopeptidase activity GO:0008233 peptidase activity GO:0008235 metalloexopeptidase activity GO:0016787 hydrolase activity GO:0046872 metal ion binding GO:0070006 metalloaminopeptidase activity GO:0006508 proteolysis GO:0005829 cytosol"
Organisms for which functions have been demonstratedMycolicibacterium smegmatis (strain ATCC 700084 / mc(2)155) (Mycobacterium smegmatis)
Sequence length285.0
FASTA sequence">tr|I7FJS2|I7FJS2_MYCS2 Methionine aminopeptidase OS=Mycolicibacterium smegmatis (strain ATCC 700084 / mc(2)155) OX=246196 GN=map PE=1 SV=1 MSVRSALRPGVLSPTLPVPKSIPRPEYAWKPTVQEGSEPWVQTPEVIEKMRVAGRIAAGA LAEAGRAVAPGVTTDELDRIAHEYMIDHGAYPSTLGYKGFPKSCCTSLNEIICHGIPDST VIEDGDIVNIDVTAYIDGVHGDTNATFLAGDVSEEHRLLVERTHEATMRAIKAVKPGRAL SVVGRVIEAYANRFGYNVVRDFTGHGIGTTFHNGLVVLHYDQPAVETVLEPGMTFTIEPM INLGTLDYEIWDDGWTVATTDGKWTAQFEHTLVVTEDGAEILTQL"
Structure Information
PDB ID8YP6
Quaternary structureNA
SCOP
CATH
TM Helix Predictionno TM helices
DisProt Annotation
Predicted Disorder Regions
Connections to Disease
OMIM ID
Function 1
Function descriptionenzyme, aminopeptidase, removes N-terminal methionine from growing polypeptide chain
References for function_
E.C. numberEC:3.4.11.18
Location of functional site(s)
Cellular location of functioncytoplasm
Comments
Function 2
Function descriptionanti-association factor preventing 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits to associate, probably helps regulation translation
References for functionBanerjee A, Srinivasan K, Sengupta J. Mycobacterial Methionine Aminopeptidase Type 1c Moonlights as an Anti-association Factor on the 30S Ribosomal Subunit. J Mol Biol. 2025 Sep 1;437(17):169230. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2025.169230. Epub 2025 May 27. PMID: 40441414.
E.C. number
Location of functional site(s)
Cellular location of functioncytoplasm
Comments