Pepsin B

Pepsin B (EC 3.4.23.2, parapepsin I, pig gelatinase) is an enzyme.^[1] 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

Pepsin B
Identifiers
EC no.	3.4.23.2
CAS no.	9025-48-3
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This enzyme is formed from pig pepsinogen B.

See also

• Pepsin