angiotensin converting enzyme

See also: angiotensin-converting enzyme

English

Alternative forms

• angiotensin-converting enzyme

Noun

angiotensin converting enzyme (plural angiotensin converting enzymes)

1. (biochemistry) An enzyme which catalyzes the creation of angiotensin, and is a strong vasoconstrictor.
   • 2001: Angiotensin is generated in the blood from an inactive precursor called renin. The conversion requires an enzyme known as Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE). — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 43)

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) ACE

Hypernyms

• enzyme

Hyponyms

• angiotensin converting enzyme 1 (ACE1)
• angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)

Derived terms

• ACE (abbreviation)
• angiotensin converting enzyme 1 (ACE1)
• angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)
• human recombinant soluble angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (hrsACE2)

Translations

enzyme

• Finnish: angiotensiinikonvertaasin estäjä
• Portuguese: enzima conversora de angiotensina f
• Spanish: enzima convertidora de angiotensina f
• Ukrainian: ангіотензинперетворювальний фермент (anhiotenzynperetvorjuvalʹnyj ferment), АПФ (APF)