Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme and its relatives
Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) is a monomeric, membrane-bound, zinc- and chloride-dependent protein that catalyzes the conversion of the decapeptide angiotensin I to the octapeptide angiotensin II. ACE is a key part of the system that regulates blood pressure, and recent X-ray structures may...
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BioMed Central
2003
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC193637/ |