Endothelin converting enzyme 1

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Species Human Entrez 1889		Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000117298

Aliases ECE1, ECE, endothelin converting enzyme 1 External IDs MGI: 1101357 HomoloGene: 1068 GeneCards: ECE1

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

Function

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

References

Endothelin converting enzyme 1 Wikipedia

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