(isim) pepsin

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Definition of (isim) pepsin in Turkish English dictionary

pepsin

A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids

An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach

In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid 0

an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones

{i} enzyme found in gastric juices; medication containing the pepsin enzyme

It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals

2 per cent, approximately and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid

a liquid in your stomach that changes food into a form that your body can use (pepsis ). Powerful enzyme in gastric juice (see stomach) that partially digests proteins in food. Glands in the stomach lining make pepsinogen, a zymogen (enzyme precursor) converted to pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in gastric juice. Pepsin is active only in the acid environment of the stomach (pH 1.5-2.5 or less); it is ineffective in the intestine (pH 7, neutral). It is used commercially in some cheese making, in the leather industry to remove hair and residual tissue from hides, and in the recovery of silver from discarded photographic films by digesting the gelatin layer that holds the silver

Hyphenation

(isim) pep·sin