Primary Identifier | MGI:97898 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 19701 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.3.0) Enables endopeptidase activity. Involved in male gonad development and mesonephros development. Acts upstream of or within with a positive effect on regulation of blood pressure. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including drinking behavior; hormone-mediated signaling pathway; and regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure by renin-angiotensin. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; extraembryonic component; genitourinary system; and trunk. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in essential hypertension; familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy; hand, foot and mouth disease; hypertension; and portal hypertension. Orthologous to human REN (renin). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous inactivation of this gene leads to postnatal lethality, reduced plasma renin level, decreased mean arterial pressure, and kidney defects such as atrophy, altered juxtaglomerular cell and macula densa morphology, polyuria, decreased urine osmolality, and reduced glomerular filtration rate. [provided by MGI curators] |