This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Acros Organics product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Acros Organics product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.
General Description
Pepsin is an endopeptidase that digests proteins by hydrolyzing peptide bonds
It is the active form of pepsinogen, which is produced in the chief cells of the gastric mucosa
Applications
Pepsin is commonly used to produce F(ab’)2 fragments from antibodies
It has been used along with other enzymes to demonstrate the effects of fixation and enzymatic digestion in immunohistochemical assays, using paraffin-embedded tissue
It can be used in hydrolyzing dry cervical samples in mice
It has been used in the digestion of crude wheat gliadin
It has been used to stimulate in vitro gastric digestion of cooked cod, cocoa mass, and dietary fiber