title: Secretase-mediated cell surface shedding of the angiotensin-converting enzyme.
abstract: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is an example of a membrane-bound protein, which is shed from the cell surface in a soluble form by a post-translational proteolytic cleavage event involving a secretase. The secretase cleavage site in somatic ACE has been mapped to Arg-1203/Ser-1204, 24 residues proximal to the membrane-anchoring domain and the ADAM ('a disintegrin and metalloprotease') family of proteins may be involved in ACE shedding.
authors.affiliation: Proteolysis Research Group, School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. bmbetp@bmb.leeds.ac.uk
authors.forename: Edward T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Parkin
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Nigel M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Hooper
mesh_terms: D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C509280:BACE1 protein, human