Renin catalyzes angiotensin activation and by that token plays an important role in blood pressure and electrolyte balance. During ontogenesis ist has an imprtant funktion in regulation of kidney development. Mutation account for autosomal recessive or dominant disorders of blood pressure regulation or renal malformations.
| Clinic | Method | Carrier testing |
| Turnaround | 5 days | |
| Specimen type | genomic DNA |
| Clinic | Method | Massive parallel sequencing |
| Turnaround | 25 days | |
| Specimen type | genomic DNA |
| Clinic | Method | Genomic sequencing of the entire coding region |
| Turnaround | 25 days | |
| Specimen type | genomic DNA |