Palmitoylation of the three isoforms of human endothelin-converting enzyme-1
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Palmitoylation of the three isoforms of human endothelin-converting enzyme-1.
Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1) is a membrane-bound metalloprotease that catalyses the conversion of inactive big endothelins into active endothelins. Here we have examined whether the three isoforms of human ECE-1 (ECE-1a, ECE-1b and ECE-1c) are modified by the covalent attachment of the fatty acid palmitate and have evaluated a potential functional role of this modification. To do this...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0264-6021
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3400649