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SUBMITTER: Akif M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328747 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Akif Mohd M Masuyer Geoffrey G Schwager Sylva L U SL Bhuyan Bhaskar J BJ Mugesh Govindasamy G Isaac R Elwyn RE Sturrock Edward D ED Acharya K Ravi KR
The FEBS journal 20110908 19
Human somatic angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE), a zinc-dependent dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase, is central to the regulation of the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system. It is a well-known target for combating hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases. In a recent study by Bhuyan and Mugesh [Org. Biomol. Chem. (2011) 9, 1356-1365], it was shown that the selenium analogues of captopril (a well-known clinical inhibitor of ACE) not only inhibit ACE, but also protect against peroxynitrite- ...[more]