2020 Digestion and AbsorptionDigestion of Food – Enzymes Easy Question 10 of 54 in Digestion and Absorption

The enzyme enterokinase helps in conversion of:

A trypsinogen into trypsin
B caseinogen into casein
C pepsinogen into pepsin
D protein into polypeptides

The answer is A.

Solution

Trypsinogen (a zymogen from the pancreas) is activated into active trypsin by the enzyme enterokinase, secreted by the intestinal mucosa.

Concept enterokinase

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