LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association: Significant
Population: Chinese (Uighur in Xinjiang)
Study Design: I/D polymorphisms of ACE gene were examined in 42 centenarians, 102 people aged 90-99, 70 people aged 65-70, and 53 cases of natural death aged 65-70 used as controls
Conclusions: The frequency rates of genotype D/D and D alleles were significantly higher in the centenarian group than in the controls

Identifier: I/D
In Other Studies (IDs): 6 13 18 28 37 45 53 62 63 78 85 90 98 123 126 130 222 225 228 288
Cytogenetic Location: 17q23.3
UCSC Genome Browser: View 17q23.3 on the UCSC genome browser

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
HapMap: View on HapMap

GenAge model organism genes

Wufuer et al. (2004)