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Preferred term

Pepsin A  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • 9001-75-6 (CAS RN)
  • Pepsin

Pharmacological Action(s)

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  • French

  • 9001-75-6 (CAS RN)
  • Pepsine

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Q3XF165W-6

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