Pepsin K (chicken pepsin) in the test for hemoglobin proteolysis is 1.7 times superior to abomin (porcine pepsin) in the medium pH 2 and 44 times more potent in the medium pH 3. Even in pH 4 chicken pepsin retains its enzymatic activity while porcine pepsin in pH 4 looses its activity.
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