Chemicals and Drugs

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2

A transmembrane glycoprotein with an extracellular catalytic domain which functions as a carboxypeptidase. It cleaves a single C-terminal residue from a distinct range of substrates. The catalytic efficiency is 400-fold higher with ANGIOTENSIN II as a substrate than with ANGIOTENSIN I. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is also is a functional receptor for the spike glycoprotein (SPIKE PROTEIN, CORONAVIRUS) of the CORONAVIRUSES SARS-COV, SARS-COV2, and HCOV-NL63.

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A transmembrane glycoprotein with an extracellular catalytic domain which functions as a carboxypeptidase. It cleaves a single C-terminal residue from a distinct range of substrates. The catalytic efficiency is 400-fold higher with ANGIOTENSIN II as a substrate than with ANGIOTENSIN I. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is also is a functional receptor for the spike glycoprotein (SPIKE PROTEIN, CORONAVIRUS) of the CORONAVIRUSES SARS-COV, SARS-COV2, and HCOV-NL63.

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  • ACE-Related Carboxypeptidase
  • ACE2 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Protein 2
  • ACE2 Enzyme
  • ACE2 Protein
  • Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-Related Carboxypeptidase
  • ACE Related Carboxypeptidase
  • ACE2 Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Protein 2
  • Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Related Carboxypeptidase
  • Carboxypeptidase, ACE-Related
  • Carboxypeptidase, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-Related

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2021 (2000)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000085962. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000085962
  2. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301630