endothelin-2; ET-2; preproendothelin-2; PPET2 (EDN2)

Function

• endothelins are endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptides

Structure

belongs to the endothelin/sarafotoxin family

Compartment

secreted

Expression

• expressed in lung
• not expressed in placental stem villi vessels or cultured placental villi smooth muscle cells

More general terms

• endothelin

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1907
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1907
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/131241
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P20800.html