The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Endothelin-Converting Enzyme 1 across different species:

endothelin converting enzyme 1 (ECE1), endothelin converting enzyme 1 (Ece1), Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (ece1), endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (Za10_0551), Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (Arch_0474), Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (Closa_0961), Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (Odosp_0578), Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (Bacsa_1787), endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (Weevi_2017), Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (Fluta_3444), endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (Sphch_2390)

Other aliases include:

ECE, Ece, ECE-1a, ECE-1b, ECE-1d, AW322500, ece1, ECE-1, MGC52874, MGC130791, ECE1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Endothelin-Converting Enzyme 1:

endothelin converting enzyme 1 – endothelin-converting enzyme 1 – ECE-1 – OTTMUSP00000010377 – endothelin-converting enzyme-1a – endothelin-converting enzyme-1b – endothelin-converting enzyme-1d – Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 – endothelin converting enzyme-1

Endothelin-Converting Enzyme 1 fulfills a number of functions:

metal ion binding – metalloendopeptidase activity – peptidase activity – peptide hormone binding – protein homodimerization activity – zinc ion binding – endopeptidase activity – hydrolase activity – metallopeptidase activity

Endothelin-Converting Enzyme 1 is relevant to the following processes:

apoptosis – bradykinin catabolic process – calcitonin catabolic process – ear development – embryonic digit morphogenesis – endothelin maturation – heart development – positive regulation of G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – positive regulation of receptor recycling – proteolysis – regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure by endothelin – regulation of vasoconstriction – response to hypoxia – substance P catabolic process – hormone catabolic process – peptide hormone processing – pharyngeal system development – protein maturation by peptide bond cleavage – protein processing

Locations for Endothelin-Converting Enzyme 1:

Golgi apparatus – Weibel-Palade body – endosome – external side of plasma membrane – integral to membrane – intrinsic to endosome membrane – membrane fraction – perinuclear region of cytoplasm – plasma membrane – vesicle – stored secretory granule – cell surface – membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology