| Literature DB >> 19873066 |
R M Herriott1, Q R Bartz, J H Northrop.
Abstract
Activation of swine pepsinogen with chicken pepsin results in the formation of swine pepsin. Activation of chicken pepsinogen with swine pepsin results in the formation of chicken pepsin. The structure responsible for the species specificity of the enzyme is therefore present in the inactive precursor.Entities:
Year: 1938 PMID: 19873066 PMCID: PMC2141963 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.21.5.575
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Physiol ISSN: 0022-1295 Impact factor: 4.086