What does the digestive enzyme trypsin do?
Posted on March 22nd, 2009 in digestive enzyme |
hello.hello30 asked:
I’ve tried to research it but I can’t understand and of the things I find.
Could someone tell me what it acts on and what it breaks it down into?
I’ve tried to research it but I can’t understand and of the things I find.
Could someone tell me what it acts on and what it breaks it down into?
E.g.
AMYLASE works on STARCH to turn it into MALTOSE and is found in SALIVA in the MOUTH.
I just need something simple!
Thanks ;3
5 Responses
It cleaves proteins into small peptide fragments by cutting at basic residues (lysine and arginine).
To phrase it your way, trypsin works on protein to turn it into peptides and is secreted by the pancreas into the small intestine.
Breaks down proteins, into smaller sub-fragments and is found in the small intestine.
It acts on protein to break it down into amino acids.
Trypsin is secreted into the duodenum, where it acts to hydrolyse peptides into their smaller building blocks, namely amino acids
trypsin is an activated enzyme(activated to trypsin from trypsinogen by enterokinase) which in turn activates other enzymes in the pancreatic juice which digest proteins, peptones and proteoses to dipeptides.