Question

Proteolytic enzyme of pancreatic juice is

Answer 1

Proteolytic enzymes of pancreatic juice are trypsin and chymotrypsin.

• Proteolytic enzymes are the enzymes that digest or break down protein into its simpler form ( dipeptides).
• Pancreatic juice is secreted by the pancreas and the juice via the hepato-pancreatic duct reaches the duodenum of the small intestine.
• Pancreatic juice contains digestive enzymes- Lipase, Amylase, nucleases, and proteases.
• Pancreatic proteases are present in an inactive form and these are trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, and procarboxypeptidase.
• Once these enzymes reach the duodenum, the action of intestinal mucosal enzyme enterokinase converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin which further activates other pancreatic enzymes.