Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
BE0000982ProteinHumansACE2
Essential counter-regulatory carboxypeptidase of the renin-angiotensin hormone system that is a critical regulator of blood volume, systemic vascular resistance, and thus cardiovascular homeostasis (PubMed:27217402). It is acted on by 12 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- ACE2
- UniProtKB entry
- Q9BYF1Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 805 residues · 92,462 Da
- Also known as
- 3.4.17.23 · ACE-related carboxypeptidase · ACEH · Angiotensin-converting enzyme homolog · Angiotensin-converting enzyme-related carboxypeptidase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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