P6887

Pepsin from porcine gastric mucosa

Name: Pepsin from porcine gastric mucosa
Brand: SIGMA

lyophilized powder, ≥3,200 units/mg protein

Synonym(s):

Pepsin A, Pepsin from hog stomach

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About This Item

CAS Number:

9001-75-6

EC Number:

3.4.23.1 (BRENDA, IUBMB)

EC Number:

232-629-3

MDL number:

MFCD00081840

UNSPSC Code:

12352204

eCl@ss:

42010127

NACRES:

NA.54

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biological source

Porcine gastric mucosa

Quality Level

300

grade

Proteomics Grade

form

lyophilized powder

specific activity

≥3,200 units/mg protein

mol wt

35 kDa

impurities

salt, essentially free

color

white to off-white

solubility

deionized water: soluble 10 mg/mL
10 mM HCl: soluble 4.0 mg/mL (Cold)

UniProt accession no.

P00791

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

Gene Information

pig ... LOC396892(396892)

Application

Pepsin cleavage can be used to produce F(ab′)₂ fragments of antibodies. pepsin at www.sigma-aldrich.com/enzymeexplorer.

Pepsin from Sigma has been used along with other enzymes for the determination of enzyme-resistant starch (RS) in bread. It has also been used to simulate in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of pea or whey protein isolates.

Pepsin is a peptidase used to digest proteins and is commonly used in the preparation of Fab fragments from antibodies. Pepsin, from porcine gastric mucosa, has been used to hydrolyze dry cervical samples in mice. Product P6887 is provided as a lyophilized powder and has been used to digest protein during dietary fiber analysis.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Preferential cleavage: hydrophobic and aromatic residues in P1 and P1′ postitions. Cleaves Phe-Val, Gln-His, Glu-Ala, Ala-Leu, Leu-Tyr, Tyr-Leu, Gly-Phe, Phe-Phe and Phe-Tyr bonds in the β chain of insulin

Unlike many other peptidases, pepsin hydrolyzes only peptide bonds, not amide or ester linkages. The cleavage specificity includes peptides with an aromatic acid on either side of the peptide bond, especially if the other residue is also an aromatic or a dicarboxylic amino acid. Increased susceptibility to hydrolysis occurs if there is a sulfur-containing amino acid close to the peptide bond, which has an aromatic amino acid. Pepsin will also preferentially cleave at the carboxyl side of phenylalanine and leucine, and to a lesser extent at the carboxyl side of glutamic acid residues. It does not cleave at valine, alanine, or glycine linkages. Z-L-tyrosyl-L-phenylalanine, Z-L-glutamyl-L-tyrosine, or Z-L-methionyl-L-tyrosine may be used as substrates for pepsin digestion. Pepsin is inhibited by several phenylalanine-containing peptides.

Unit Definition

One unit will produce a ΔA₂₈₀ of 0.001 per min at pH 2.0 at 37°C, measured as TCA-soluble products using hemoglobin as substrate. (Final volume = 16 ml. Light path = 1 cm.)