pepsin
IPA: pˈɛpsɪn
noun
- (biochemistry) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.
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Examples of "pepsin" in Sentences
- Don't know much about it but it is NOT pepsin.
- Slides are then transferred into a pepsin solution.
- Pepsin allows for the partial breakdown of proteins.
- Pepsin is a protease and acts to digest proteins into peptides.
- Pepsin is potently inhibited by the peptide inhibitor pepstatin.
- Methylxanthines induce acid and pepsin secretions in the GI tract.
- It can be generated by the pepsin mediated digestion of lactoferrin.
- Pepsin cleaves the 44 amino acids from pepsinogen to create more pepsin.
- The flavor consisting of a mixture of oil of spearmint and pepsin essence.
- Fab fragments are generated by cleavage of IgG with papain instead of pepsin.
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