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Endothelin converting enzyme 1

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Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
1889

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000117298

Endothelin converting enzyme 1

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