作者: Mario R W Ehlers , Kerry Gordon , Sylva L U Schwager , Edward D Sturrock
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.5596
关键词: ADAM Proteins 、 Matrix metalloproteinase 、 Cell biology 、 Cell 、 Mechanism (biology) 、 Sheddase 、 Medicine 、 Immunology 、 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 、 Enzyme 、 Membrane protein
摘要: A number of membrane proteins are enzymatically cleaved or 'shed' from the cell surface, resulting in modulation biological events and opening novel pharmaceutical approaches to diverse diseases by targeting shedding. Our focus has been on understanding shedding angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), an that plays a pivotal role blood pressure regulation. The identification hereditary ACE mutations result increased advanced our health disease. Extensive biochemical molecular analysis helped elucidate mechanism These findings point potential therapeutic regulating tissue levels cardiovascular