pepsinogen

IPA: pˈɛpsinoʊdʒɛn

noun

  • (biochemistry) A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
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Examples of "pepsinogen" in Sentences

  • HCL stimulates pepsinogen to turn into pepsin, so it is a crucial part of the digesting proteins process.
  • The low pH also activates the enzyme precursor pepsinogen into the active enzyme pepsin by self-cleavage.
  • The researchers also looked at markers of inflammation in the participants' blood called pepsinogen I and II.
  • The researchers also looked at markers of inflammation in the participants 'blood called pepsinogen I and II.
  • When HCL is at a low, something that happens to most people as they age, then the other component in digesting proteins, pepsinogen wont work properly.
  • However, once people stopped eating broccoli sprouts, their levels of H pylori and pepsinogen I and II eventually went back to where they were at the beginning of the study.
  • In 1929 he isolated pepsin in pure crystalline form by techniques which were later used by himself and other workers to crystallize trypsin, chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase, and pepsinogen.

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