The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme (Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A) 2 across different species:

angiotensin I converting enzyme (peptidyl-dipeptidase A) 2 (ACE2), angiotensin I converting enzyme (peptidyl-dipeptidase A) 2 (Ace2), angiotensin I converting enzyme (peptidyl-dipeptidase A) 2 (ace2), angiotensin I converting enzyme 2 (Ace2)

Other aliases include:

ACEH, DKFZp434A014, 2010305L05Rik, ACE2, zgc:92514, MGC127593, DKFZp469K2021, Ace2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme (Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A) 2:

angiotensin I converting enzyme 2 – ACE-related carboxypeptidase – angiotensin converting enzyme-like protein – OTTMUSP00000021052 – renal angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 – anigotensin-converting enzyme-related carboxypeptidase – angiotensin I converting enzyme (peptidyl-dipeptidase A) 2

Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme (Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A) 2 fulfills a number of functions:

carboxypeptidase activity – chloride ion binding – glycoprotein binding – metal ion binding – metallopeptidase activity – peptidase activity – peptidyl-dipeptidase activity – viral receptor activity – zinc ion binding – hydrolase activity – peptide binding – peptide hormone binding

Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme (Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A) 2 is relevant to the following processes:

angiotensin catabolic process in blood – angiotensin-mediated drinking behavior – entry of virus into host cell – interspecies interaction between organisms – oxygen and reactive oxygen species metabolic process – proteolysis – receptor biosynthetic process – regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of cytokine production – regulation of inflammatory response – regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure by renin-angiotensin – regulation of vasoconstriction – regulation of vasodilation – virion attachment, binding of host cell surface receptor

Locations for Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme (Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A) 2:

cell surface – extracellular region – extracellular space – integral to membrane – membrane raft – plasma membrane – membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology