ACE2

angiotensin converting enzyme 2

Ensembl:
ENSG00000130234
UniProt:
Q9BYF1
OMIM:
300335
Synonyms:
ACEH

Cilia effects upon perturbation of ACE2

Cilia number / % ciliated:
No effect
Loss-of-function effect:
No effect
Overexpression effect:
No effect

Ciliogenesis screen results (3 screens)

  • Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26167766
  • Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
  • Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26595381

Phenotypes

Mouse phenotype:
increased total body fat amount, abnormal thymus morphology, decreased lean body mass, abnormal spleen morphology, enlarged spleen, enlarged thymus
Mouse ciliopathy phenotype:
hydrometra, abnormal lens morphology, enlarged heart, abnormal uterus morphology, abnormal heart morphology, abnormal reti morphology

Subcellular localization

cilia

Functional category

  • Ciliary assembly/disassembly
  • Actin & cytoskeleton regulation
  • Metabolism
  • T cell biology
  • Viral interactions
  • Protein processing & maturation
  • Signaling (Hedgehog, GPCRs, ion channels)
  • Cardiac & muscle development
  • Muscle contraction & physiology

Function

ACE2 receptor protein robustly localizes within the membrane of the motile cilia of airway epithelial cells, which likely represents the initial or early subcellular site of SARS-CoV-2 viral entry during host respiratory transmission.