Ren - renin Gene

Enables endopeptidase activity and insulin-like growth factor receptor binding activity. Involved in several processes, including peptide metabolic process; response to lipopolysaccharide; and response to purine-containing compound. Located in cytoplasm and extracellular space. Used to study hypertension. Biomarker of primary biliary cholangitis. 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). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]