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

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pepsin

Source Word

pepsin

IPA(Pronunciation)

countable uncountable

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

Japanese Meaning

（生化学）たんぱく質を分解する消化酵素（ペプシン）

In the stomach, pepsin chemically digests dietary proteins, breaking them into shorter chains of amino acids.

胃では、ペプシンが食物のタンパク質を化学的に分解し、アミノ酸の短い鎖にまで分解します。

Sense（1）

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

pepsins

（ plural ）