Abstract
OTOKIDA, K., NAKAMURA, M., KAWAMURA, K., KANAZAWA, S. and KATO, M. Chromatographic Elution Profiles of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Measured by the Methods Using Different Substrates in the Plasma from Normotensive and Hypertensive Subjects. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1984, 144 (1), 91-101 - The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity in the plasma collected from normotensive and hypertensive patients was measured chromatographically by two different methods using hippuryl-histidyl-leucine (HHL-ACE) and synthetic angiotensin I (AI-ACE) as substrates. A single peak was observed in the elution profiles of HHL-ACE on both Sephadex G 150 column and DEAE Sephadex A 50 cellulose column chromatographies. A single peak of AI-ACE appeared on the gel-filtration. However, several peaks of AI-ACE were seen on DEAE Sephadex A 50 cellulose column chromatography, suggesting that there are various types of ACE which hydrolyze angiotensin I but not HHL.
