Pepsin B Explained

Pepsin B
Ec Number:3.4.23.2
Cas Number:9025-48-3

Pepsin B (parapepsin I, pig gelatinase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Degradation of gelatin, with manor activity on hemoglobin. Specificity for B chain of insulin is more restricted than that of pepsin A

This enzyme is formed from pig pepsinogen B.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: The porcine pepsins and pepsinogens . Ryle AP . Methods in Enzymology . Perlmann GE, Lorand, L . 1970 . 19 . 316–336 . 10.1016/0076-6879(70)19023-9.

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