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. 2020 Oct 28;15(10):e0240647. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240647

Table 1. Genes associated with ACE2 mRNA expression in selected human tissues.

Derived from GTEx bulk RNA-Seq data [39].

Tissue Correlated_gene Correlation p-value HGNC UniProt Description Panther protein class
terminal ileum ENPEP 0.9653 8.29E-110 3355 Q07075 Glutamyl aminopeptidase metalloprotease (PC00153)
terminal ileum MEP1B 0.9653 8.35E-110 7020 Q16820 Meprin A subunit beta metalloprotease (PC00153)
terminal ileum SLC15A1 0.9621 2.19E-106 10920 P46059 Solute carrier family 15 member 1 transporter (PC00227)
terminal ileum MEP1A 0.9619 4.4E-106 7015 Q16819 Meprin A subunit alpha metalloprotease (PC00153)
terminal ileum SLC3A1 0.9608 5.63E-105 11025 Q07837 Neutral and basic amino acid transport protein rBAT amylase (PC00048)
terminal ileum APOB 0.9587 6.45E-103 603 P04114 Apolipoprotein B-100
terminal ileum SLC6A19 0.9581 2.33E-102 27960 Q695T7 Sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transporter B(0)AT1 primary active transporter (PC00068)
terminal ileum ANPEP 0.9562 1.16E-100 500 P15144 Aminopeptidase N metalloprotease (PC00153)
terminal ileum MTTP 0.9559 2.45E-100 7467 P55157 Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein large subunit transporter (PC00227)
terminal ileum TUBAL3 0.9554 6.24E-100 23534 A6NHL2 Tubulin alpha chain-like 3 tubulin (PC00228)
testis PLP1 0.9092 1.07E-138 9086 P60201 Myelin proteolipid protein myelin protein (PC00161)
colon-transverse MEP1A 0.9056 1.52E-152 7015 Q16819 Meprin A subunit alpha metalloprotease (PC00153)
kidney TINAG 0.9012 7.07E-32 14599 Q9UJW2 Tubulointerstitial nephritis antigen cysteine protease (PC00081)
colon-transverse GDA 0.8964 8.19E-145 4212 Q9Y2T3 Guanine deaminase deaminase (PC00088)
colon-transverse MGAM2 0.8963 9E-145 28101 Q2M2H8 Probable maltase-glucoamylase 2 glucosidase (PC00108)
colon-transverse TMEM236 0.894 6.66E-143 23473 Q5W0B7 Transmembrane protein 236
colon-transverse GDPD2 0.8935 1.58E-142 25974 Q9HCC8 Glycerophosphoinositol inositolphosphodiesterase GDPD2
colon-transverse PLS1 0.8932 2.81E-142 9090 Q14651 Plastin-1 non-motor actin binding protein (PC00165)
colon-transverse HHLA2 0.893 3.59E-142 4905 Q9UM44 HERV-H LTR-associating protein 2 immunoglobulin receptor superfamily (PC00124)
colon-transverse SLC3A1 0.8928 5.27E-142 11025 Q07837 Neutral and basic amino acid transport protein rBAT amylase (PC00048)
colon-transverse COL17A1 0.8914 6.12E-141 2194 Q9UMD9 Collagen alpha-1(XVII) chain extracellular matrix structural protein (PC00103)
testis NDFIP1 0.8911 2.91E-125 17592 Q9BT67 NEDD4 family-interacting protein 1
testis SPARC 0.8908 4.67E-125 11219 P09486 SPARC extracellular matrix glycoprotein (PC00100)
colon-transverse TINAG 0.8905 2.94E-140 14599 Q9UJW2 Tubulointerstitial nephritis antigen cysteine protease (PC00081)
testis SCP2 0.8886 1.34E-123 10606 P22307 Non-specific lipid-transfer protein transfer/carrier protein (PC00219)
testis SMARCA1 0.8852 2.44E-121 11097 P28370 Probable global transcription activator SNF2L1 DNA helicase (PC00011)
testis ATP2B1 0.8829 6.45E-120 814 P20020 Plasma membrane calcium-transporting ATPase 1 primary active transporter (PC00068)
testis VSIG1 0.8815 4.6E-119 28675 Q86XK7 V-set and immunoglobulin domain-containing protein 1
testis HTATSF1 0.8809 1.09E-118 5276 O43719 HIV Tat-specific factor 1 RNA splicing factor (PC00148)
testis ACO1 0.8808 1.26E-118 117 P21399 Cytoplasmic aconitate hydratase RNA binding protein (PC00031)
testis ENPP5 0.8802 3.01E-118 13717 Q9UJA9 Ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase family member 5 nucleotide phosphatase (PC00173)
kidney METTL7B 0.8705 2.78E-27 28276 Q6UX53 Methyltransferase-like protein 7B methyltransferase (PC00155)
kidney ANPEP 0.8683 5.3E-27 500 P15144 Aminopeptidase N metalloprotease (PC00153)
kidney LRP2 0.8671 7.59E-27 6694 P98164 Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 2
kidney SLC13A1 0.8667 8.5E-27 10916 Q9BZW2 Solute carrier family 13 member 1 secondary carrier transporter (PC00258)
kidney UGT3A1 0.8608 4.52E-26 26625 Q6NUS8 UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 3A1
kidney SLC27A2 0.8535 3.26E-25 10996 O14975 Very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase secondary carrier transporter (PC00258)
kidney TMEM27 0.8526 4.1E-25 29437 Q9HBJ8 Collectrin
kidney CLRN3 0.8443 3.36E-24 20795 Q8NCR9 Clarin-3
kidney ACP5 0.8367 2.05E-23 124 P13686 Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5
lung PARM1 0.6275 1.32E-64 24536 Q6UWI2 Prostate androgen-regulated mucin-like protein 1
lung CNR1 0.6055 4.21E-59 2159 P21554 Cannabinoid receptor 1 G-protein coupled receptor (PC00021)
lung NUDT16 0.5918 6.52E-56 26442 Q96DE0 U8 snoRNA-decapping enzyme
lung DUOX1 0.5817 1.23E-53 3062 Q9NRD9 Dual oxidase 1 oxidase (PC00175)
lung DUOXA1 0.5739 6.2E-52 26507 Q1HG43 Dual oxidase maturation factor 1
lung FMN1 0.571 2.53E-51 3768 Q68DA7 Formin-1
lung TMEM164 0.5692 6.05E-51 26217 Q5U3C3 Transmembrane protein 164
lung HSD17B4 0.5673 1.54E-50 5213 P51659 Peroxisomal multifunctional enzyme type 2
lung MGST1 0.5631 1.16E-49 7061 P10620 Microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1
lung SHMT1 0.5594 6.77E-49 10850 P34896 Serine hydroxymethyltransferase, cytosolic methyltransferase (PC00155)