Rat Renin Inhibitor Screening Kit (Fluorometric)

Renin (EC 3.4.23.15), also known as an angiotensinogenase, is an enzyme that participates in the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) which mediates extracellular volume (i.e. blood plasma, lymph and interstitial fluid), and arterial vasoconstriction. An over-active renin-angiotensin system leads to vasoconstriction and retention of sodium and water, causing hypertension. Renin inhibitors are widely used for the treatment of hypertension. BioVision’s Rat Renin inhibitor screening Kit uses a synthetic peptide substrate with a fluorophore (EDANS) at one end and a quencher (DABCYL) at the other end. Renin catalyzes the cleavage of FRET substrate resulting in a product that is detected fluorometrically at Ex/Em = 328/552 nm. In the presence of a Rat Renin inhibitor, the rate of hydrolysis of the substrate is decreased or inhibited. The kit provides a rapid, simple, sensitive, and reliable test suitable for high-throughput screening of rat renin inhibitors. It is also adaptable to a 384-well format.

• Detection Method – Fluorescence (Ex/Em = 328/552 nm) • Application: : Screening potential inhibitors of rat renin : Characterize/study rat renin inhibitors

• Rapid & HTS • Reliable test for screening/studying/characterizing potential inhibitors of rat renin • Includes Inhibitor Control

Rat Renin

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• Renin Assay Buffer • Rat Renin Substrate • Rat Renin Enzyme (lyophilized) • Rat Renin Inhibitor (lyophilized)

-20°C

gel pack

12 months

see datasheet

• Screening/Characterizing/studying potential inhibitors of rat renin

Tissue, pathway, proteinase, peptidase, protease ,acrosin, lipoprotein, activator, caspase, trypsin, papain, esterase inhibitors are proteins or receptor ligands or receptor antagonists that bind to an enzyme receptor and decreases its activity. Since blocking an enzyme's activity can kill a pathogen or correct a metabolic imbalance, many drugs are enzyme inhibitors. Not all receptor antagonist that bind to enzymes are inhibitors; enzyme activator ligands or agonists bind to enzymes and increase their enzymatic activity, while enzyme substrates bind and are converted to products in the normal catalytic cycle of the enzyme.

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