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Pepsin vs Trypsin - What's the difference?

pepsin | trypsin |

As nouns the difference between pepsin and trypsin

is that pepsin is a digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids while trypsin is a digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease).

pepsin

English

(wikipedia pepsin)

Noun

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

    • trypsin

    English

    (wikipedia trypsin)

    Noun

  • A digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease).