LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association: Significant
Population: Chinese (Uighur, Kazakh and Han in Xinjiang)
Study Design: I/D polymorphism was examined in 424 subjects comprising 227 Uighur individuals, 108 Kazakh individuals, and 89 Han individuals. All subjects in the latter two groups ranged in age from 65 to 70 years, whereas the Uighur subjects comprised two different age groups: those ranging in age from 59 to 70 years and those ranging in age from 90 to 113 years.
Conclusions: Within the Uighur group, frequency of the D allele was significantly higher in the group aged >90 than in the group aged <70. The overall distributions of alleles in the three groups did not differ significantly.

Identifier: I/D
In Other Studies (IDs): 6 13 18 28 37 45 53 62 63 85 90 98 123 126 130 162 222 225 228 288
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
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