Meprin A
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Meprin A also known as endopeptidase-2 is an enzyme
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process, called substrates, are converted into different molecules, called products. Almost all chemical reactions in a biological cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates...

 that cleaves protein and peptide substrates preferentially on carboxyl side of hydrophobic residues.

Meprin A is a dimer composed of the products transcribed from the following two genes:
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