Sandbox 179
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| - | Pepsin is one of three proteolytic, or protein degrading enzymes in the digestive system. It resides in the alimentary canal and is produced by mucosal cells | + | Pepsin is one of three proteolytic, or protein degrading enzymes in the digestive system. It resides in the alimentary canal and is produced by mucosal cells <ref>. Pepsin degrades peptides, and is optimally active at low pHs <ref>. Pepsin is an aspartic proteinase, more specifically a eukaryotic aspartic protease enzyme (3). Aspartic proteinases are widespread in nature, and pepsin in particular has been known to be medically important (2). |
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Revision as of 04:07, 24 March 2010
| Please do NOT make changes to this Sandbox until after April 23, 2010. Sandboxes 151-200 are reserved until then for use by the Chemistry 307 class at UNBC taught by Prof. Andrea Gorrell. | |||||||||
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| 5pep, resolution 2.34Å () | |||||||||
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| Activity: | Pepsin A, with EC number 3.4.23.1 | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
Protein Function
Pepsin is one of three proteolytic, or protein degrading enzymes in the digestive system. It resides in the alimentary canal and is produced by mucosal cells [1]