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ACE2
ACE2 sits on the outside of your cells and helps control blood pressure. It is also what the COVID spike grabs.
Fun fact
ACE2 lives on cells in your nose, lungs, gut, and heart.
Words to know
cellreceptorcovid
NGSS alignment
MS-LS1-3Body as a system
Structure
Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry Q9BYF1. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/Q9BYF1.
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