UniProt Summary: Hydrolyzes a variety of dipeptides including L-carnosine but has a strong preference for Cys-Gly (PubMed:19346245). Acts as a functional tumor suppressor in gastric cancer via activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. An elevated level of CNDP2 activates the p38 and JNK MAPK pathways to induce cell apoptosis, and a lower level of CNDP2 activates the ERK MAPK pathway to promote cell proliferation (PubMed:24395568). Isoform 2 may play a role as tumor suppressor in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells (PubMed:17121880). Catalyzes the production of N- lactoyl-amino acids from lactate and amino acids by reverse proteolysis (PubMed:25964343). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17121880, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19346245, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24395568, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25964343}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
M20 dimer
Peptidase M20
GO Terms
alanylglutamate dipeptidase activity
cytosolic dipeptidase activity
glutathione biosynthetic process
carboxypeptidase activity
nonribosomal peptide biosynthetic process
cellular modified amino acid biosynthetic process
glutathione metabolic process
metallopeptidase activity
sulfur compound biosynthetic process
cellular modified amino acid metabolic process
cofactor biosynthetic process
sulfur compound metabolic process
peptide biosynthetic process
cofactor metabolic process
amide biosynthetic process
peptide metabolic process
cellular amide metabolic process
proteolysis
organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process
cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)
Compound Hit
No hits were found.
Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics
No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics.
Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)
Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739