angiotensinase

angiotensinase
Former name for the enzyme responsible for converting angiotensin I to II; now applied to the enzyme that degrades angiotensin II. It hydrolyzes a peptide bond between a tyrosyl and an isoleucyl residue.

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an·gio·ten·sin·ase .an-jē-ō-'ten(t)-sə-.nās, -.nāz n any of several enzymes in the blood that hydrolyze angiotensin called also hypertensinase

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an·gio·ten·sin·ase (an″je-o-tenґsin-ās) any of a group of plasma or tissue peptidases that cleave and inactivate angiotensin.

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