Pepsin /ˈpɛpsɪn/ is an endopeptidase that breaks down proteins into smaller peptides and amino acids. It is one of the main digestive enzymes in the digestive...
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Pepsin B (EC 3.4.23.2, parapepsin I, pig gelatinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Degradation of gelatin, with manor...
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Pepsin A (EC 3.4.23.1, pepsin, lactated pepsin, pepsin fortior, fundus-pepsin, elixir lactate of pepsin, P I, lactated pepsin elixir, P II, pepsin R, pepsin...
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Theodor Schwann (section Pepsin)
Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system, the discovery and study of pepsin, the discovery of the organic nature of yeast, and the invention of the...
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suggests that the stomach enzyme pepsin plays a crucial role in the complex mechanism behind LPR. Once present in the larynx pepsin is active at a low pH, but...
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protein digestion. Gastric juice mainly contains hydrochloric acid and pepsin. In infants and toddlers, gastric juice also contains rennin to digest milk...
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Pepsinogen is then activated by the stomach acid into its active form, pepsin. Pepsin breaks down the protein in the food into smaller particles, such as...
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Pepsin is an unincorporated community in Newton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. A post office called Pepsin was established in 1892, and remained...
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k_{\text{cat}}/K_{\mathrm {m} }} (M−1s−1) Chymotrypsin 1.5 × 10−2 0.14 9.3 Pepsin 3.0 × 10−4 0.50 1.7 × 103 tRNA synthetase 9.0 × 10−4 7.6 8.4 × 103 Ribonuclease...
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19th century. It originally contained pepsin, but no longer does. Beeman originally claimed the gum contained pepsin powder that would improve digestion...
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