Endothelin converting enzyme 1

Endothelin converting enzyme 1

Human ECE-1 complexed with phosphoramidon. PDB 3dwb
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols ECE1 ; ECE
External IDs OMIM: 600423 MGI: 1101357 HomoloGene: 1068 ChEMBL: 4791 GeneCards: ECE1 Gene
EC number 3.4.24.71
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 1889 230857
Ensembl ENSG00000117298 ENSMUSG00000057530
UniProt P42892 Q4PZA2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001113347 NM_199307
RefSeq (protein) NP_001106818 NP_955011
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
21.22 – 21.35 Mb
Chr 4:
137.86 – 137.97 Mb
PubMed search

Endothelin converting enzyme 1, also known as ECE1, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ECE1 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 is involved in the proteolytic processing of endothelin-1 (EDN1), -2 (EDN2), and -3 (EDN3) to biologically active peptides.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: ECE1 endothelin converting enzyme 1".
  2. Schmidt M, Kröger B, Jacob E, Seulberger H, Subkowski T, Otter R, Meyer T, Schmalzing G, Hillen H (December 1994). "Molecular characterization of human and bovine endothelin converting enzyme (ECE-1)". FEBS Lett. 356 (2–3): 238–43. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(94)01277-6. PMID 7805846.
  3. Shimada K, Matsushita Y, Wakabayashi K, Takahashi M, Matsubara A, Iijima Y, Tanzawa K (February 1995). "Cloning and functional expression of human endothelin-converting enzyme cDNA". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 207 (2): 807–12. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.1258. PMID 7864876.

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