11th Class Biology Digestion and Absorption

  • question_answer 4)
    State the role of pancreatic juice in digestion of proteins. 

    Answer:

    The pancreatic juice contains inactive enzymes trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen,  procarboxypeptidases,  amylases,  lipases  and nucleases. Trypsinogen is activated by an enzyme, enterokinase, secreted by the intestinal mucosa into active trypsin, which in turn activates the other enzymes in the pancreatic juice. Proteins, proteoses and peptones (partially hydrolysed proteins) in the chyme reaching the intestine are acted upon by the proteolytic enzymes of pancreatic juice as given below    


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