Elastin
BE0001046ProteinHumansELN
Major structural protein of tissues such as aorta and nuchal ligament, which must expand rapidly and recover completely. It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- ELN
- UniProtKB entry
- P15502Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix
- Residues / weight
- 786 residues · 68,397 Da
- Also known as
- Tropoelastin
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Elastin, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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