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Takami Komatsu1, Yutaka Suzuki, Junichi Imai, Sumio Sugano, Munetomo Hida, Akira Tanigami, Sawako Muroi, Yoshitsugu Yamada, Kazuo Hanaoka.
Abstract
We isolated two mouse cDNA clones which show significant similarities with human angiotensin-converting enzyme-related carboxypeptidase (ACE2). The cDNAs were 2746 and 1995 bp in length and seemed to arise from the same gene by alternative splicing. The longer cDNA encoded a 798-amino acid protein containing the sequence motif conserved among zinc metallopeptidases. Mouse ACE2 showed 83% identity with human ACE2. Northern blot analysis revealed that 2.8- and 2.0-kb transcripts were expressed mainly in the kidney and the lungs. The mouse ACE2 gene was mapped to chromosome X 70.5 cM.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12487024 DOI: 10.1080/1042517021000021608
Source DB: PubMed Journal: DNA Seq ISSN: 1026-7913