Catalytic activity:Preferential cleavage of bonds with hydrophobic residues at P1, P2 and P3' and a small residue at P1' in substrates of 5 to 15 residues.,cofactor:Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit.,cofactor:Binds 1 zinc ion.,Function:Involved in the metabolism of neuropeptides under 20 amino acid residues long. Involved in cytoplasmic peptide degradation. Able to degrade the beta-amyloid precursor protein and generate amyloidogenic fragments.,similarity:Belongs to the peptidase M3 family.,subunit:Monomer.,
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