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. 1977 Dec 1;167(3):855–858. doi: 10.1042/bj1670855

The first step in the activation of chicken pepsinogen is similar to that of prochymosin.

H Keilova, V Kostka, J Kay
PMCID: PMC1183738  PMID: 341887

Abstract

Chicken pepsinogen was incubated at pH2.5 with pepstatin. The zymogen activated itself by a sequential mechanism and an intact peptide derived from residues 1-26 in the protein was released in the first step. This peptide was found to inhibit the milk-clotting activities of pig and chicken pepsins and calf chymosin but to different extents.

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