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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010434
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Preferred Name

Pepsin A

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Pepsin 1
Pepsin
Pepsin 3
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