pepsinogen

pepsinogen
A proenzyme or zymogen formed and secreted by the chief cells of the gastric mucosa; the acidity of the gastric juice and pepsin itself remove 44 amino acyl residues from p. to form active pepsin. SYN: propepsin. [pepsin + G. -gen, producing]

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pep·sin·o·gen pep-'sin-ə-jən n a granular zymogen of the gastric glands that is readily converted into pepsin in a slightly acid medium

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n.

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pep·sin·o·gen (pep-sinґə-jən) a proenzyme secreted by chief cells, mucous neck cells, and pyloric gland cells, which is converted into pepsin in the presence of gastric acid or of pepsin itself.

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  • Pepsinogen — ⇒ Pepsin …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • pepsinogen — [pep sin′ə jən] n. [< PEPSIN + O + GEN] the inactive precursor of pepsin, synthesized by the gastric glands of the stomach and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid …   English World dictionary

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  • pepsinogen — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1878 a granular zymogen of the gastric glands that is readily converted into pepsin in a slightly acid medium …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pepsinogen — The inactive precursor (42.5 kD) of pepsin …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • pepsinogen — pepsinogenic /pep seuh noh jen ik/, pepsinogenous /pep seuh noj euh neuhs/, adj. /pep sin euh jeuhn, jen /, n. Biochem. crystals, occurring in the gastric glands, that during digestion are converted into pepsin. [1875 80; PEPSIN + O + GEN] * * * …   Universalium

  • pepsinogen — noun A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach …   Wiktionary

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