Aldosterone Synthesis Pathway
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Aldosterone synthesis pathway. The main loci of regulation in the raas are the release of renin and synthesis of aldosterone. In contrast conversion of angiotensin i to angiotensin ii by. Aldosterone synthase is a steroid hydroxylase cytochrome p450 enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the mineralocorticoid aldosterone. It is a protein which is only.
The reninangiotensin system ras or the reninangiotensinaldosterone system raas is a hormone system that regulates blood pressure and fluid balance. Each pathway map is identified by the combination of 2 4 letter prefix code and 5 digit number see kegg identifier. The prefix has the following meaning. Research news 2019 news.
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