Question

salivary amylase, pepsin, trypsin, erepsin.....find the odd one and give reason

Answer 1

Salivary amylase is the odd one out

• All the given options are digestive enzymes.
• Salivary amylase is a starch digesting enzyme present in the saliva.
• Others are all protein-digesting enzymes.
• Pepsin is produced by the stomach lining and is used to digest proteins.
• Trypsin is present in the small intestine to digest proteins.
• Erepsin is an enzyme found in the intestine which digests peptones into amino acids.
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Answer 2

Amylase

Except this all three enzymes pepsin, trypsin, erepsin are protein digesting enzymes.

• Pepsin is released from stomach gastric gland and is part of gastric juice.

• trypsin is produced by pancreas and is component of pancreatic juice.

• erepsin is a mixture of enzymes contained in protein fraction found in intestinal juice that digest peptones into amino acids.