Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The inactive precursor to pepsin, formed in cells of the mucous membrane of the stomach and converted to pepsin by autocatalysis in the presence of hydrochloric acid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The inactive mother-substance of pepsin. It is transformed into the latter by the hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A proenzyme, the antecedent of the enzyme pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called
propepsin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
zymogen that is converted intopepsin by thehydrochloric acid in thestomach .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
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Examples
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The researchers also looked at markers of inflammation in the participants' blood called pepsinogen I and II.
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The researchers also looked at markers of inflammation in the participants 'blood called pepsinogen I and II.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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HCL stimulates pepsinogen to turn into pepsin, so it is a crucial part of the digesting proteins process.
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The low pH also activates the enzyme precursor pepsinogen into the active enzyme pepsin by self-cleavage.
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The low pH also activates the enzyme precursor pepsinogen into the active enzyme pepsin by self-cleavage.
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