Synonym for angiotensin ... <hormone> A family of oligopeptides ranging in size from angiotensin precursors with 14 amino acids to the active vasoconstrictor angiotensin II with 8 amino acids, or their analogs or derivatives. ... The amino acid content varies with the species and changes in that content produce antagonistic or inactive compou...
See angiotensin.
Type: Term Pronunciation: an′jē-ō-ten′sin-ās Definitions: 1. 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.
angiotensinase Any of a group of plasma or tissue peptidases that cleave and inactivate angiotensin.