Endothelin converting enzyme 1, also known as ECE1, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ECE1gene.[1][2][3]
Function
Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 is involved in the proteolytic processing of endothelin-1 (EDN1), -2 (EDN2), and -3 (EDN3) to biologically active peptides.[1]
↑Shimada K, Matsushita Y, Wakabayashi K, Takahashi M, Matsubara A, Iijima Y, Tanzawa K (February 1995). "Cloning and functional expression of human endothelin-converting enzyme cDNA". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 207 (2): 807–12. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.1258. PMID7864876.
Further reading
Yorimitsu K, Moroi K, Inagaki N, et al. (1995). "Cloning and sequencing of a human endothelin converting enzyme in renal adenocarcinoma (ACHN) cells producing endothelin-2". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 208 (2): 721–7. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.1397. PMID7695628.
Schmidt M, Kröger B, Jacob E, et al. (1995). "Molecular characterization of human and bovine endothelin converting enzyme (ECE-1)". FEBS Lett. 356 (2–3): 238–43. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(94)01277-6. PMID7805846.
Shimada K, Matsushita Y, Wakabayashi K, et al. (1995). "Cloning and functional expression of human endothelin-converting enzyme cDNA". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 207 (2): 807–12. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.1258. PMID7864876.
Valdenaire O, Rohrbacher E, Mattei MG (1996). "Organization of the gene encoding the human endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE-1)". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (50): 29794–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.50.29794. PMID8530372.
Matsuoka R, Sawamura T, Yamada K, et al. (1996). "Human endothelin converting enzyme gene (ECE1) mapped to chromosomal region 1p36.1". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 72 (4): 322–4. doi:10.1159/000134214. PMID8641140.
Orzechowski HD, Richter CM, Funke-Kaiser H, et al. (1997). "Evidence of alternative promoters directing isoform-specific expression of human endothelin-converting enzyme-1 mRNA in cultured endothelial cells". J. Mol. Med. 75 (7): 512–21. doi:10.1007/s001090050136. PMID9253714.
Lee S, Lin M, Mele A, et al. (1999). "Proteolytic processing of big endothelin-3 by the kell blood group protein". Blood. 94 (4): 1440–50. PMID10438732.
Valdenaire O, Lepailleur-Enouf D, Egidy G, et al. (1999). "A fourth isoform of endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE-1) is generated from an additional promoter molecular cloning and characterization". Eur. J. Biochem. 264 (2): 341–9. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00602.x. PMID10491078.
Fahnoe DC, Johnson GD, Herman SB, Ahn K (2000). "Disulfide bonds in big ET-1 are essential for the specific cleavage at the Trp(21)-Val(22) bond by soluble endothelin converting enzyme-1 from baculovirus/insect cells". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 373 (2): 385–93. doi:10.1006/abbi.1999.1586. PMID10620363.
López-Ongil S, Senchak V, Saura M, et al. (2000). "Superoxide regulation of endothelin-converting enzyme". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (34): 26423–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M000767200. PMID10833511.
Hachiya A, Kobayashi T, Takema Y, Imokawa G (2002). "Biochemical characterization of endothelin-converting enzyme-1alpha in cultured skin-derived cells and its postulated role in the stimulation of melanogenesis in human epidermis". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (7): 5395–403. doi:10.1074/jbc.M105874200. PMID11723113.
Inguimbert N, Coric P, Poras H, et al. (2002). "Toward an optimal joint recognition of the S1' subsites of endothelin converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1), angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), and neutral endopeptidase (NEP)". J. Med. Chem. 45 (7): 1477–86. doi:10.1021/jm0005454. PMID11906289.
MacLeod KJ, Husain RD, Gage DA, Ahn K (2003). "Constitutive phosphorylation of human endothelin-converting enzyme-1 isoforms". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (48): 46355–63. doi:10.1074/jbc.M207972200. PMID12244060.
Muller L, Barret A, Etienne E, et al. (2003). "Heterodimerization of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 isoforms regulates the subcellular distribution of this metalloprotease". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (1): 545–55. doi:10.1074/jbc.M208949200. PMID12393864.
Eckman EA, Watson M, Marlow L, et al. (2003). "Alzheimer's disease beta-amyloid peptide is increased in mice deficient in endothelin-converting enzyme". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (4): 2081–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.C200642200. PMID12464614.
Masatsugu K, Itoh H, Chun TH, et al. (2003). "Shear stress attenuates endothelin and endothelin-converting enzyme expression through oxidative stress". Regul. Pept. 111 (1–3): 13–9. doi:10.1016/S0167-0115(02)00219-7. PMID12609744.
Smollich M, Götte M, Yip GW, et al. (2007). "On the role of endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (ECE-1) and neprilysin in human breast cancer". Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 106 (3): 361–9. doi:10.1007/s10549-007-9516-9. PMID17295044.