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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Endopeptidases > Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases > Pepsin A
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Aspartic Acid Proteases > Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases > Pepsin A

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Pepsin A  

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  • Pepsin

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  • /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • Formed from pig pepsinogen by cleavage of one peptide bond. The enzyme is a single polypeptide chain and is inhibited by methyl 2-diaazoacetamidohexanoate. It cleaves peptides preferentially at the carbonyl linkages of phenylalanine or leucine and acts as the principal digestive enzyme of gastric juice.

History note

  • 91; was PEPSIN 1964-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010434

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