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Pepsin + inhibitor (l.blue), Human
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC number | 3.4.23.1 | ||||||||
| CAS number | 9001-75-6 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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| PMC | articles |
| PubMed | articles |
| NCBI | proteins |
Pepsin A (EC 3.4.23.1, pepsin, lactated pepsin, pepsin fortior, fundus-pepsin, elixir lactate of pepsin, P I, lactated pepsin elixir, P II, pepsin R, pepsin D) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
The enzyme is a predominant endopeptidase in the gastric juice of vertebrates.