Angiotensinogen
"Angiotensinogen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An alpha-globulin of about 453 amino acids, depending on the species. It is produced by the liver and secreted into blood circulation. Angiotensinogen is the inactive precursor of natural angiotensins. Upon successive enzyme cleavages, angiotensinogen yields angiotensin I, II, and III with amino acids numbered at 10, 8, and 7, respectively.
| Descriptor ID |
D000808
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.456.073.070 D12.644.861.020 D12.776.811.070 D12.776.872.020
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| Concept/Terms |
Angiotensinogen- Angiotensinogen
- Serpin A8
- Renin-Substrate
- Renin Substrate
- Hypertensinogen
- Proangiotensin
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