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
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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