LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Significant
Population
Brazilian of European and Japanese origin
Study Design
I/D polymorphism was examined in 834 persons aged 10-104 years
Conclusions
An association between the DD genotype and D allele and age was observed in the European group only. The ACE polymorphism-age association occurred at age >60 years in the European population with decreasing II frequency.
Identifier
I/D
In Other Studies (IDs)
6 13 18 28 37 45 53 62 63 78 85 90 98 123 130 162 222 225 228 288
Cytogenetic Location
17q23.3
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
ACE
Aliases
DCP; ACE1; DCP1; CD143 
Common name
angiotensin I converting enzyme 
Description
This gene encodes an enzyme involved in catalyzing the conversion of angiotensin I into a physiologically active peptide angiotensin II. Angiotensin II is a potent vasopressor and aldosterone-stimulating peptide that controls blood pressure and fluid-electrolyte balance. This enzyme plays a key role in the renin-angiotensin system. Many studies have associated the presence or absence of a 287 bp Alu repeat element in this gene with the levels of circulating enzyme or cardiovascular pathophysiologies. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified, and two most abundant spliced variants encode the somatic form and the testicular form, respectively, that are equally active. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]
Other longevity studies of this gene
32
OMIM
106180
Ensembl
ENSG00000159640
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
ACE_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
1636
UniGene
298469
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Homologs in model organisms

Caenorhabditis elegans
acn-1
Danio rerio
ace
Drosophila melanogaster
Ance-4
Drosophila melanogaster
Ance-3
Drosophila melanogaster
Ance-5
Drosophila melanogaster
Ance-2
Drosophila melanogaster
Acer
Drosophila melanogaster
Ance
Mus musculus
Ace
Rattus norvegicus
Ace

In other databases

GenAge model organism genes
  • A homolog of this gene for Caenorhabditis elegans is present as acn-1

References

Da Cruz et al. (2003)

Other variants which are also part of this study