renin (Crossword)
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- Enzyme formed in kidneys
- Enzyme regulating blood fluid and pressure
- Hormone of the kidney
- Kidney enzyme
- Kidney enzyme that regulates blood pressure
- Kidney secretion
- Peptidase
- Proteinase
- Proteolytic enzyme
Definitions of “renin”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• A proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys
• (re´nin) a proteolytic enzyme synthesized, stored
• A chemical made by the kidneys that helps control blood pressure
• An enzyme that plays a role in increasing a low blood pressure
• A term originally applied to a pressor substance obtained from rabbits' kidneys
• An enzyme secreted by the kidneys that converts angiotensinogen into angiotensin II
• An acid protease released from the walls of afferent arterioles in the kidney when blood flow is reduced
• Enzyme secreted by the kidney (and also, possibly, by the placenta) that breaks down protein and produces a rise in blood pressure
• The enzyme is synthesized as inactive prorenin in the kidney and released into the blood in the active form in response to various metabolic stimuli
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