Pepsin

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Related Terms 4 Scope Note 5 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

EC 3.4.23.1, EC 3.4.23.2, parapepsin I, pepsin inhibitor, pig gelantinase

Broader Terms

aspartic endopeptidase

Related Terms

gastric juice

Scope Note

EC 3.4.23.1 and EC 3.4.23.2.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• 1 Pepsin is an acidic protease.
• Pepsin is one of three principal protein-degrading, or proteolytic, enzymes in the digestive system, the other two being chymotrypsin and trypsin.
• Pepsin is the first in a series of enzymes that digest proteins.
• Pepsin is one of three principal protein-degrading, or proteolytic, enzymes in the digestive system digestive system, in the animal kingdom, a group of organs functioning in digestion and assimilation of food and elimination of wastes.
• The active site of pepsin is formed in the intermediate conformation dominant at mildly acidic pH.

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