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Medical Definition of Rennase

1. The predominant milk-clotting enzyme from the true stomach or abomasum of the suckling calf. It is secreted as an inactive precursor called prorennin and converted in the acid environment of the stomach to the active enzyme. Registry number: EC 3.4.23.4 (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Rennase

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1. A Compend of Medical Chemistry: Inorganic and Organic, Including Urinary by Henry Leffmann (1905)
"Catalase.—An oxidizing enzym existing in fresh tobacco leaf. Rennin (rennase).—A hydrolyzing enzym of the secretion of the fourth stomach of the calf. ..."

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