enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Trypsinogen - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypsinogen

    Trypsinogen (/ ˌ t r ɪ p ˈ s ɪ n ə dʒ ə n,-ˌ dʒ ɛ n / [1] [2]) is the precursor form (or zymogen) of trypsin, a digestive enzyme. It is produced by the pancreas and found in pancreatic juice, along with amylase, lipase, and chymotrypsinogen. It is cleaved to its active form, trypsin, by enteropeptidase, which is found in the ...

  3. Enteropeptidase - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteropeptidase

    Enteropeptidase (also called enterokinase) is an enzyme produced by cells of the duodenum and is involved in digestion in humans and other animals. Enteropeptidase converts trypsinogen (a zymogen) into its active form trypsin, resulting in the subsequent activation of pancreatic digestive enzymes.

  4. Trypsin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypsin

    Trypsin is an enzyme in the first section of the small intestine that starts the digestion of protein molecules by cutting long chains of amino acids into smaller pieces. It is a serine protease from the PA clan superfamily, found in the digestive system of many vertebrates, where it hydrolyzes proteins.

  5. Trypsin 1 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypsin_1

    Arg 117 is a trypsin-sensitive site which can be cleaved by another trypsin and becomes inactivated. This site may be a fail-safe mechanism by which trypsin, when activated within the pancreas, may become inactivated. Mutation at this cleavage site would result in a loss of control and permit autodigestion, causing pancreatitis. [10]

  6. Protein catabolism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_catabolism

    In humans, the pancreatic proteases include trypsin, chymotrypsin, and other enzymes. In the intestine, the small peptides are broken down into amino acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. In the intestine, the small peptides are broken down into amino acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.

  7. Proteolysis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteolysis

    The pancreas secretes the precursors of a number of proteases such as trypsin and chymotrypsin. The zymogen of trypsin is trypsinogen, which is activated by a very specific protease, enterokinase, secreted by the mucosa of the duodenum. The trypsin, once activated, can also cleave other trypsinogens as well as the precursors of other proteases ...

  8. Chymotrypsinogen - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chymotrypsinogen

    Chymotrypsinogen must be inactive until it gets to the digestive tract, in order to prevent damage to the pancreas or any other organs. It is activated by another enzyme called trypsin . The active form is called π-chymotrypsin and is used to create α-chymotrypsin.

  9. Trypsin inhibitor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypsin_inhibitor

    A trypsin inhibitor (TI) is a protein and a type of serine protease inhibitor that reduces the biological activity of trypsin by controlling the activation and catalytic reactions of proteins. [1] Trypsin is an enzyme involved in the breakdown of many different proteins , primarily as part of digestion in humans and other animals such as ...