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Characteristics of gelatinase — A proteolytic enzyme associated with pig pepsin

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1. A comparative study of pig pepsin and the proteolytic enzyme which accompanies it (gelatinase) has been carried out.

2. As shown by paper electrophoresis, gelatinase is a less acidic protein than pepsin.

3. Like pepsin, gelatinase ruptures peptide bonds in hemoglobin, gelatin, and some dipeptides. A special feature of gelatinase is its well-defined capacity for reducing the viscosity of gelatin solutions. The possible causes of the specific nature of the action of gelatinase on gelatin have been considered.

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  1. Institute of the Chemistry of Natural Compounds AS USSR, USSR

    E. D. Levin, G. L. Muratova & V. M. Stepanov

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  1. E. D. Levin
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Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 208–215, 1965

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Levin, E.D., Muratova, G.L. & Stepanov, V.M. Characteristics of gelatinase — A proteolytic enzyme associated with pig pepsin. Chem Nat Compd 1, 160–164 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568354

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