Biology:Endothelin-converting enzyme 1

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Endothelin-converting enzyme 1
Identifiers
EC number3.4.24.71
CAS number138238-81-0
Databases
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Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (EC 3.4.24.71, endothelin-converting enzyme, ECE-1) is an enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of the -Trp21-Val- bond in big endothelin to form endothelin 1

This metalloendopeptidase belongs to the peptidase family M13.

References

  1. "Purification and characterization of endothelin-converting enzyme from rat lung". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 268 (28): 21394–8. October 1993. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)36936-4. PMID 8407980. 
  2. "Cloning and functional expression of endothelin-converting enzyme from rat endothelial cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 269 (28): 18275–8. July 1994. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(17)32298-6. PMID 8034569. 
  3. "ECE-1: a membrane-bound metalloprotease that catalyzes the proteolytic activation of big endothelin-1". Cell 78 (3): 473–85. August 1994. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(94)90425-1. PMID 8062389. 

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