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Pepsin B

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Pepsin B (EC 3.4.23.2, parapepsin I, pig gelatinase) is an enzyme. 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

Pepsin

References

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

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Pepsin+B at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

v t e Proteases: aspartate proteases (EC 3.4.23)
Vertebrate	Pepsin Chymosin Renin Signal peptide peptidase Beta secretase 1 2
Pathogenic	Plasmepsin HIV-1 protease
Plant	Nepenthesin
Cathepsin	D E

v t e Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Diffusion-limited enzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list) EC7 Translocases (list)

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EC 3.4.23