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Pepsin / ˈ p ɛ p s ɪ n / is an endopeptidase that breaks down proteins into smaller peptides and amino acids. It is one of the main digestive enzymes in the digestive systems of humans and many other animals, where it helps digest the proteins in food. Pepsin is an aspartic protease, using a catalytic aspartate in its active site.
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Pepsin, powerful enzyme in gastric juice that digests proteins such as those in meat, seeds, and dairy products. Pepsin is the mature active form of pepsinogen, which is released into the stomach and mixed with hydrochloric acid to produce pepsin. Learn about the functions and uses of pepsin.
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Pepsin is a protease indicated in the treatment of digestive disorders. Generic Name. Pepsin. DrugBank Accession Number. DB13198. Background. Pepsin is a potent enzyme in gastric juice that digests proteins such as those in meat, eggs, seeds, and dairy products 12.
Pepsin is an enzyme. It acts on proteins in the stomach, which has a low pH because of the Hydrochloric acid. It works best at a pH of about 1.5. [1] It will not work at a pH above 6. It was the first animal enzyme to be discovered. Theodor Schwann discovered it in 1836 . Pepsin is used to make cheese .
Beemans gum (originally Beeman's Gum, see image at right) is a chewing gum formulated by Ohio physician Edward E. Beeman in the late 19th century. It originally contained pepsin, but no longer does. History. Beeman originally claimed the gum contained pepsin powder that would improve digestion.
