Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 1

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Contents 1 Function 2 Compartment 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 Internet Database 6 References

Function

• converts angiotensin 1 to angiotensin 2. [[[Angiotensin_Ii | angiotensin 2]] is the biologically active form]

Compartment

• present in plasma & on surface of endothelial cells
• ACE presumptively anchors to the exoplasmic face of endothelial cells via glycosylphosphatidyl inositol

More General Terms

• angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)

Additional Terms

• angiotensin I
• angiotensin II
• angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in serum/plasma/blood

Internet Database

OMIM: 106180
Entrez gene: 1636

References

1. OMIM [1]
2. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1991, pg 274
3. PROSITE [2]
4. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 753

angiotensin converting enzyme 1 (ACE1, kininase-2, peptidyl dipeptide hydrolase, dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase-1)