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Pepsin vs Peptidase - What's the difference?

pepsin | peptidase |

In enzyme terms the difference between pepsin and peptidase

is that pepsin is a digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids while peptidase is any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease.

pepsin

English

(wikipedia pepsin)

Noun

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

    • peptidase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia peptidase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease