Heurich A et al.(2014) TMPRSS2 and ADAM17 cleave ACE2 differentially and only proteolysis by TMPRSS2 augments entry driven by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus spike protein J. Virol. 88: 1293-1307
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ADAM17, the ACE2 sheddase, requires arginine and lysine residues within ACE2 amino acids 652 to 659 for receptor cleavage and competes with TMPRSS2 for ACE2 processing.