1r5h

Structural highlights

Function

MAP2_HUMAN Cotranslationally removes the N-terminal methionine from nascent proteins. The N-terminal methionine is often cleaved when the second residue in the primary sequence is small and uncharged (Met-Ala-, Cys, Gly, Pro, Ser, Thr, or Val). The catalytic activity of human METAP2 toward Met-Val peptides is consistently two orders of magnitude higher than that of METAP1, suggesting that it is responsible for processing proteins containing N-terminal Met-Val and Met-Thr sequences in vivo. Protects eukaryotic initiation factor EIF2S1 from translation-inhibiting phosphorylation by inhibitory kinases such as EIF2AK2/PKR and EIF2AK1/HCR. Plays a critical role in the regulation of protein synthesis.

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Aminopeptidase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Sheppard GS, Wang J, Kawai M, BaMaung NY, Craig RA, Erickson SA, Lynch L, Patel J, Yang F, Searle XB, Lou P, Park C, Kim KH, Henkin J, Lesniewski R. 3-Amino-2-hydroxyamides and related compounds as inhibitors of methionine aminopeptidase-2. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2004 Feb 23;14(4):865-8. PMID:15012983 doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.12.031