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Endothelin-converting enzyme 2

Known as: Endothelin Converting Enzyme 2, Endothelin Converting Metalloprotease 2, Endothelin-Converting Metalloprotease 2 
An integral membrane metalloendodpeptidase which converts BIG ENDOTHELIN to ENDOTHELIN-1 through hydrolysis of the TRYPTOPHAN (21)-VALINE (22) bond… 
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ECE2 gene

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Endothelin-Converting Enzymes

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2010
2010
Specific processing of tenascin-C by the metalloprotease meprinbeta neutralizes its inhibition of cell spreading.
2005
2005
Endothelin-converting Enzyme-1, Abundance of Isoforms a-d and Identification of a Novel Alternatively Spliced Variant Lacking a Transmembrane Domain*
Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1) cleaves big endothelins, as well as bradykinin and β-amyloid peptide. Several isoforms of… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Pathogenesis of portal hypertensive gastropathy: a clinical and experimental review.
Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is recognized as a clinical entity in portal hypertension, but the pathogenesis of PHG is… 
2001
2001
In vitro cytocidal effects on Trypanosoma brucei and inhibition of Leishmania major GP63 by peptidomimetic metalloprotease inhibitors.
Review
2000
Review
2000
The mitochondrial inner membrane AAA metalloprotease family in metazoans
1999
1999
Cyclic Expression of Endothelin-converting Enzyme-1 Mediates the Functional Regulation of Seminiferous Tubule Contraction
The potent smooth muscle agonist endothelin-1 (ET-1) is involved in the local control of seminiferous tubule contractility, which… 
1997
1997
Hydrolysis of big endothelin-1 by a serine protease in the membrane fraction of human lung
1996
1996
Metallopeptidase inhibitors induce an up-regulation of endothelin-converting enzyme levels and its redistribution from the plasma membrane to an intracellular compartment.
Endothelin-converting enzyme is a phosphoramidon-sensitive membrane metallopeptidase that catalyses the final step in… 
1994
1994
Cloning and expression in Bacillus subtilis of the npr gene from Bacillus thermoproteolyticus Rokko coding for the thermostable metalloprotease thermolysin.
We report the isolation, cloning and expression, in Bacillus subtilis, of the gene coding for thermolysin, a thermostable… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Detection of immunoreactive endothelin in plasma of hemodialysis patients
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