Thermo Fisher Scientific Human ACE2 Synthetic Peptide

Applications

Control (Ctrl)

• Assay-dependent

Blocking Assay (BLOCK)

• Assay-dependent

Product Specifications

Product Specific Information

This peptide corresponds to 18 amino acids near the carboxy terminus of human ACE2.
PEP-0159 can be used as a blocking peptide with polyclonal antibody PA5-20040.

Target Information

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) plays a central role in vascular, renal, and myocardial physiology.
In contrast to its homolog ACE, ACE2 expression is restricted to heart, kidney, and testis.
Recently, ACE2 has also been shown to be a functional receptor of the SARS coronavirus.
The normal function of ACE2 is to convert the inactive vasoconstrictor angiotensin I (AngI) to Ang1-9 and the active form AngII to Ang1-7, unlike ACE, which converts AngI to AngII.
While the role of these vasoactive peptides is not well understood, lack of ACE2 expression in ace2-/ace2- mice leads to severely reduced cardiac contractility, indicating its importance in regulating heart function.

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