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Chymosin (EC 3.4.23.4) is an aspartyl proteinase synthesized in the chief and mucous neck cells of the gastric glands in the fourth stomach of newborn calves (Andren et al., 1982). Chymosin is also found in other mammalian species [for example, in newborn pig (Foltmann et al., 1977; Foltmann et al., 1981), cat (Jensen et al., 1982), seal (Shamsuzzaman & Haard, 1984) and lamb (Baudys et al, 1988; Pungerčar et al., 1990)].
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Örd, T., Kolmer, M., Jänne, J., Villems, R., Saarma, M. (1991). Structure and Chromosomal Localization of the Human Prochymosin Pseudogene. In: Dunn, B.M. (eds) Structure and Function of the Aspartic Proteinases. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 306. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6012-4_15
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