Pepsinogen: [MIM*169700] A proenzyme or zymogen formed and secreted by the chief cells of the gastric mucosa; the acidity of the gastric juice and pepsin itself remove 44 amino acyl residues from pepsinogen to form active pepsin. SYN: propepsin. [pepsin + G. -gen, producing]
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Pepsinogen: proenzyme secreted by chief cells, mucous neck cells, and pyloric gland cells which is converted into pepsin in the presence of gastric acid or pepsin itself.
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Pepsinogen: Proenzymes secreted by chief cells, mucous neck cells, and pyloric gland cells, which are converted into pepsin in the presence of gastric acid or pepsin itself. (Dorland, 28th ed) In humans there are 2 related pepsinogen systems: PEPSINOGEN A (formerly pepsinogen I or pepsinogen) and PEPSINOGEN C (formerly pepsinogen II or progastricsin). Pepsinogen B is the name of a pepsinogen from pigs.
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