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<StructureSection load='5pep' size='450' side='right' scene='Sandbox_179/Default/1' caption=''>
<StructureSection load='5pep' size='450' side='right' scene='Sandbox_179/Default/1' caption='Pig pepsin'>


Theodor Schwann discovered [[Pepsin]] in 1836. He named the enzyme pepsis from the Greek word peptein which means to digest. Pepsin was the first animal enzyme to be discovered, and, in 1929, it became one of the first enzymes to be crystallized, by John H. Northrop.  
Theodor Schwann discovered [[Pepsin]] in 1836. He named the enzyme pepsis from the Greek word peptein which means to digest. Pepsin was the first animal enzyme to be discovered, and, in 1929, it became one of the first enzymes to be crystallized, by John H. Northrop.  
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==3D structures of pepsin==
==3D structures of pepsin==


''Updated February 2013''
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===Pepsin===
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[[1mpp]] – Pep – ''Rhizomucor pusillus''<br />
[[1mpp]] – Pep – ''Rhizomucor pusillus''<br />
[[1fmu]], [[1fmx]], [[2jxr]] – yPep – yeast<br />
[[1fmu]], [[1fmx]], [[2jxr]] – yPep – yeast<br />
[[1flh]], [[1psn]] – hPep – human<br />
[[1flh]], [[1psn]], [[3utl]] – hPep – human<br />
[[3app]] – PjPep – ''Penicillium janthinellum''<br />
[[3app]] – PjPep – ''Penicillium janthinellum''<br />
[[1am5]] – Pep – Atlantic cod<br />
[[1am5]] – Pep – Atlantic cod<br />

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