MeSH 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.;
MeSH synonym : pepsin;
MeSH hyponym : pepsin 1; pepsin 3;
MeSH Related Number : 9001-75-6 (CAS RN);
Registry Number MeSH : EC 3.4.23.1;
MeSH annotation : /biosyn /physiol permitted;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsin a;
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.