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noun - a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys
A protein-digesting enzyme that is released by the kidney and acts to raise blood pressure by activating angiotensin.
adj - a complex protein [n -S] : ENZYMIC
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| A proteinase of high specificity that is released by the kidney and acts to raise blood pressure by activating angiotensin. |
| a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys catalyzes the formation of angiotensin and thus affects blood pressure |
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Renin (etymology and pronunciation), also known as an angiotensinogenase, is an aspartic protease protein and enzyme secreted by the kidneys that participates in the body's reninangiotensinaldosterone system (RAAS)also known as the reninangiotensinaldosterone axisthat mediates the volume of extracellular fluid (blood plasma, lymph and interstitial fluid), and arterial vasoconstriction. Thus, it regulates the body's mean arterial blood pressure. * Renin can be referred to as a hormone even though it has no peripheral receptors and rather has an enzymatic activity with which it hydrolyzes angiotensinogen to angiotensin I.* |