Protein Name endothelin converting enzyme 1
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 1889
Gene Symbol

ECE1

UniProt P42892 (ECE1_HUMAN), A0A024RAB0 (A0A024RAB0_HUMAN), A1PUP8 (A1PUP8_HUMAN), A0A024RAB2 (A0A024RAB2_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 227
Total Number of Articles : 185
Description

endothelin converting enzyme 1

Gene Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is involved in proteolytic processing of endothelin precursors to biologically active peptides. Mutations in this gene are associated with Hirschsprung disease, cardiac defects and autonomic dysfunction. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been noted for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

synonyms
  • endothelin-converting enzyme 1
  • ECE-1
  • ECE
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Properties