Pepsinogen B: the zymogen of pepsin B (original) (raw)

Abstract

1. Pepsinogen B, the precursor of pepsin B, has been isolated by ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration from neutral extracts of pig gastric mucosa. The material possesses potential activity against acetyl-l-phenylalanyl-l-di-iodotyrosine and against gelatin but has little, if any, potential activity against haemoglobin. 2. The material appears homogeneous in the ultracentrifuge, but on gel filtration and on electrophoresis in starch gel it is shown to be contaminated with a small amount of material having potential activity against haemoglobin. On electrophoresis in starch gel also the material is shown to contain about equal amounts of two major components, both of which have potential activity against the synthetic substrate. Pepsin B has also been shown to contain two active components by electrophoresis under the same conditions. 3. The zymogen is similar to pepsinogen and pepsinogen C in its molecular weight and general physico-chemical properties, but differs from these zymogens in the nature of its _N_-terminal residues. It is possible that one of the components contains 1 mole of bound phosphate/mole. 4. The material is activated rapidly at pH2 and more slowly at pH4. At both pH values the kinetics of the activation reaction are complex.

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