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. 1982 May 1;203(2):519-22.
doi: 10.1042/bj2030519.

Kidney neutral endopeptidase and the hydrolysis of enkephalin by synaptic membranes show similar sensitivity to inhibitors

I S Fulcher, R Matsas, A J Turner, A J Kenny

Kidney neutral endopeptidase and the hydrolysis of enkephalin by synaptic membranes show similar sensitivity to inhibitors

I S Fulcher et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

Neutral endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.11) from pig kidney hydrolyses [125I]iodo-insulin B-chain and leucine-enkephalin. Both activities were equally sensitive to inhibition by phosphoramidon [N-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyloxyhydroxyphosphinyl)-L-leucyl-L-tryptophan] and thiorphan [N-(DL-2-benzyl-3-mercaptopropionyl)glycine]. Thermolysin hydrolysis of insulin B-chain was also sensitive to both inhibitors. The hydrolysis of the Gly3-Phe4 bond of Leu-enkephalin by synaptic membranes prepared from pig brain was partially inhibited by phosphoramidon and thiorphan. Synaptic membranes appear to contain another endopeptidase activity that is insensitive to these reagents. These observations suggest that enzymes similar to the kidney endopeptidase may play a general role in neuropeptide metabolism.

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