|
1 / 1
|
DeCS
|
|
 |
|
Descriptor English:
|
|
Pepsin A
|
|
Descriptor Spanish:
|
|
Pepsina A
|
|
Descriptor Portuguese:
|
|
Pepsina A
|
|
Synonyms English:
|
|
Pepsin
Pepsin 1
Pepsin 3
|
|
Tree Number:
|
|
D08.811.277.656.074.500.700
D08.811.277.656.300.048.700
|
|
Definition English:
|
|
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. |
|
Indexing Annotation English:
|
|
/biosyn /physiol permitted
|
|
Pharmacological Action:
|
|
Gastrointestinal Agents
|
|
History Note English:
|
|
91; was PEPSIN 1964-90
|
|
Allowable Qualifiers English:
|
|
|
|
Record Number:
|
|
29296
|
|
Unique Identifier:
|
|
D010434
|
Occurrence in VHL:
|
|
|
Similar:
|
|
DeCS
|