This domain is structurally very similar [1] to the creatinase N-terminal domain (Pfam:PF01321). However, little or no sequence similarity exists between the two families.
This family contains metallopeptidases. It also contains non-peptidase homologues such as the N terminal domain of Spt16 which is a histone H3-H4 binding module [3].
Aminopeptidase P cleaves an Xaa-Pro bond at the N-terminal of a polypeptide (even a dipeptide or tripeptide), where Xaa can be any amino acid. This substrate specificity is important as many biologically active peptides have Xaa-Pro at the N-terminus.
This protein is part of the peptidase M24B family.
Defined by 11 residues: ASP:A_4-38HIS:A-243ASP:A-260ASP:A-271HIS:A-350HIS:A-354HIS:A-361GLU:A-383TYR:A-387ARG:A-404GLU:A-406