pepsin

class of enzymes
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pepsin
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pepsin

Summary

pepsin is a group or class of enzymes[1]. pepsin ranks in the top 0.38% of group_or_class_of_enzymes entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month, #6 of 1,600).[2]

Key Facts

  • pepsin is credited with the discovery of Theodor Schwann[3].
  • pepsin's image is recorded as 1PSO.png[4].
  • pepsin's instance of is recorded as group or class of enzymes[5].
  • pepsin's GND ID is recorded as 4126305-4[6].
  • pepsin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85099679[7].
  • pepsin's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 144231433[8].
  • pepsin's subclass of is recorded as aspartate protease[9].
  • pepsin's subclass of is recorded as digestive enzyme[10].
  • pepsin's Commons category is recorded as Pepsin[11].
  • pepsin's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 12808[12].
  • pepsin's has part is recorded as pepsin A[13].
  • pepsin's has part is recorded as pepsin B[14].
  • pepsin's EC enzyme number is recorded as 3.4.23.1[15].
  • pepsin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016nb4[16].
  • pepsin's molecular function is recorded as aspartic-type endopeptidase activity[17].
  • pepsin's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 573.36379[18].
  • pepsin's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 612.32[19].
  • pepsin's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0130867[20].
  • pepsin's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • pepsin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • pepsin's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • pepsin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[24].
  • pepsin's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[25].
  • pepsin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/pepsin[26].
  • pepsin's different from is recorded as pepsin[27].

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Works and Contributions

pepsin is credited with the discovery of Theodor Schwann[3]. Things named for pepsin include Pepsi[28], a brand[29], in United States[30], founded in 1893[31], headquartered in Mushin[32].

Why It Matters

pepsin ranks in the top 0.38% of group_or_class_of_enzymes entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month, #6 of 1,600).[2] pepsin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] pepsin is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for pepsin include Pepsi[28], a brand[29], in United States[30], founded in 1893[31], headquartered in Mushin[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Ueber das Wesen des Verdauungsprocesses. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . InterPro release 2019-Nov-12. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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