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Pepsin vs Protease - What's the difference?

pepsin | protease |

In enzyme terms the difference between pepsin and protease

is that pepsin is a digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids while protease is an enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.

pepsin

English

(wikipedia pepsin)

Noun

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.
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    * (wikipedia "protease")

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