ANPEP

alanyl aminopeptidase, membrane

Summary

Aminopeptidase N is located in the small-intestinal and renal microvillar membrane, and also in other plasma membranes. In the small intestine aminopeptidase N plays a role in the final digestion of peptides generated from hydrolysis of proteins by gastric and pancreatic proteases. Its function in proximal tubular epithelial cells and other cell types is less clear. The large extracellular carboxyterminal domain contains a pentapeptide consensus sequence characteristic of members of the zinc-binding metalloproteinase superfamily. Sequence comparisons with known enzymes of this class showed that CD13 and aminopeptidase N are identical. The latter enzyme was thought to be involved in the metabolism of regulatory peptides by diverse cell types, including small intestinal and renal tubular epithelial cells, macrophages, granulocytes, and synaptic membranes from the CNS. This membrane-bound zinc metalloprotease is known to serve as a receptor for the HCoV-229E alphacoronavirus as well as other non-human coronaviruses. This gene has also been shown to promote angiogenesis, tumor growth, and metastasis and defects in this gene are associated with various types of leukemia and lymphoma. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2020]

Known Variants76 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs159615795615:90,328,676G/A—likely benign
rs74719142115:90,328,677G/C—uncertain significance
rs75957843815:90,328,683G/T—uncertain significance
rs37046127715:90,328,693C/T—uncertain significance
rs76663514515:90,334,185C/A—uncertain significance
rs75279782715:90,334,215C/G—uncertain significance
rs131229131015:90,334,241A/G—uncertain significance
rs2856915815:90,335,243A/Gintron variant—
rs37127986915:90,335,464C/T—uncertain significance
rs7698945315:90,335,486G/A—benign
rs37458460715:90,335,723C/T—uncertain significance
rs7947724415:90,335,733C/G—uncertain significance
rs180309815:90,335,786C/T—uncertain significance
rs2565115:90,335,788C/Tmissense variant—
rs75189302815:90,336,321G/T—uncertain significance
rs2846323115:90,338,756T/Aintron variant—
rs14775103815:90,339,543A/Cintron variant—
rs77477404315:90,340,871C/T—uncertain significance
rs15049270115:90,340,950G/C—benign
rs77828375715:90,342,516T/C—uncertain significance
rs77455982515:90,342,704C/T—uncertain significance
rs76502853015:90,342,711G/C—uncertain significance
rs14913167115:90,342,730G/A—uncertain significance
rs14324584315:90,342,752C/G—likely benign
rs114365415:90,342,771G/A—benign
rs1724021215:90,344,353A/Tmissense variant—
rs250522998615:90,344,389A/T—uncertain significance
rs77593778415:90,344,700G/C—uncertain significance
rs74681486315:90,344,759G/A—uncertain significance
rs200708415:90,345,335G/Aintron variant—
rs18798094715:90,346,693C/T—uncertain significance
rs56748731515:90,346,694G/T—uncertain significance
rs37005153115:90,346,868C/T—benign
rs20051775315:90,346,869G/C—benign
rs37670334315:90,346,870G/C—benign
rs76538114015:90,346,884G/A—likely benign
rs37742608115:90,346,921G/T—uncertain significance
rs100235722315:90,346,961A/G—uncertain significance
rs37198574115:90,346,993T/C—uncertain significance
rs76644249915:90,347,011A/C—uncertain significance
rs14428291915:90,347,148G/C—likely benign
rs37318300915:90,347,164C/T—uncertain significance
rs159616850115:90,347,168G/T—likely benign
rs76361004215:90,347,535G/T—uncertain significance
rs14163166215:90,347,575C/T—uncertain significance
rs77067708615:90,347,594A/C—uncertain significance
rs20135025115:90,347,754T/C—uncertain significance
rs1724024015:90,347,783C/T—benign
rs77372391815:90,347,788C/T—uncertain significance
rs4127691615:90,347,792C/A—benign
rs75980950815:90,347,800A/G—uncertain significance
rs250523885215:90,347,805C/T—uncertain significance
rs1724026815:90,347,814A/G—benign
rs56666524215:90,347,844C/T—uncertain significance
rs11768378915:90,348,223G/Aintron variant—
rs141768550515:90,348,312G/C—likely benign
rs189468202315:90,348,369C/G—uncertain significance
rs14692667115:90,348,434G/T—likely benign
rs77341661015:90,348,437G/T—uncertain significance
rs37008550715:90,348,446G/C—uncertain significance
rs77278717315:90,348,653T/A—uncertain significance
rs18678054715:90,349,192G/A—benign
rs54481590715:90,349,449G/C—uncertain significance
rs15067510715:90,349,490C/T—uncertain significance
rs36888337715:90,349,508A/G—uncertain significance
rs14502674315:90,349,517G/A—likely benign
rs56938534115:90,349,552G/A—uncertain significance
rs37650195415:90,349,568C/A—uncertain significance
rs14491549415:90,349,579G/A—uncertain significance
rs98422958415:90,349,597C/T—uncertain significance
rs13976307515:90,349,623G/T—likely benign
rs76365609015:90,349,633G/A—likely benign
rs77092087715:90,349,658C/T—likely benign
rs37313876515:90,349,663G/A—uncertain significance
rs37740696715:90,349,694C/T—uncertain significance
rs76694918115:90,349,748C/T—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.