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Human Pepsin
Human Pepsin
<StructureSection load='1psn' size='350' side='right' caption='Human Pepsin' scene=" >
<StructureSection load='1psn' size='350' side='right' caption='Human Pepsin' scene=" >
Pepsin is considered a powerful enzyme found in the stomach of humans and other animals. It helps breakdown and digest proteins into small peptides like meat, seeds, eggs, or dairy products. It is produced by the human gastric mucosa. Pepsin is in complex with pepstatin. It is a very important enzyme, hence one of the first enzymes to be discovered.
 
== Function ==
== Function ==
When eating, all your senses are functioning. The digestive system is preparing for the incoming food. After the eating process is complete, the final step is a signal in the stomach that stimulates the medula ablongada. Then, that signals the body to allow the hormone gastrin to work (hormone that inhibits the stomach to release its gastric juices). Gastric juice is converted pepsinogen into pepsin by removing some amino acids. Pepsin then will do its job by aiding to digest what have been intake.
When eating, all your senses are functioning. The digestive system is preparing for the incoming food. After the eating process is complete, the final step is a signal in the stomach that stimulates the medula ablongada. Then, that signals the body to allow the hormone gastrin to work (hormone that inhibits the stomach to release its gastric juices). Gastric juice is converted pepsinogen into pepsin by removing some amino acids. Pepsin then will do its job by aiding to digest what have been intake.
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== Relevance ==
== Relevance ==
Pepsin is considered a powerful enzyme found in the stomach of humans and other animals. It helps breakdown and digest proteins into small peptides like meat, seeds, eggs, or dairy products. It is produced by the human gastric mucosa. Pepsin is in complex with pepstatin. It is a very important enzyme, hence one of the first enzymes to be discovered.


== Structural highlights ==
== Structural highlights ==

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Human Pepsin

Human Pepsin

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References

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pro.5560040516?referrer_access_token=ZyEVxvIcTcmK5L-vwA_P2k4keas67K9QMdWULTWMo8PQPfTnSk44hq4jBFsrHa9ydjFbMYZrHWbY_9SWvlJek7YeLttGlVWslX2Nvc9rYhwoytl58c9enHGXzQqZutfC https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/pepsin