Carboxypeptidase E activity is deficient in mice with the fat mutation. Effect on peptide processing.
Fricker LD, Berman YL, Leiter EH, Devi LA.
Fricker LD, et al.
J Biol Chem. 1996 Nov 29;271(48):30619-24. doi: 10.1074/jbc.271.48.30619.
J Biol Chem. 1996.
PMID: 8940036
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Mice with the fat mutation have previously been found to have a point mutation in the cpe gene, and to have greatly reduced levels of CPE-like enzyme activity in the pituitary and pancreatic islets (Naggert, J. K., Fricker, L. D., Varlamov, O., Nishina, P. M., Rouil …
Mice with the fat mutation have previously been found to have a point mutation in the cpe gene, and to have greatly reduced levels of CPE-li …