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Pepsin vs Pepsinogen - What's the difference?

pepsin | pepsinogen |

As nouns the difference between pepsin and pepsinogen

is that pepsin is (enzyme) a digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids while pepsinogen is (biochemistry) a zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

pepsin

English

(wikipedia pepsin)

Noun

  • (enzyme) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.

    • pepsinogen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.