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The pancreas produced many different juices, most of them are used in the digestion of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
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∙ 9y agoPancreatic enzymes are used in the break down of fats, proteins and carbohydrates in the body. These enzymes are secreted in the pancreas.
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∙ 13y agoProteases are the digestive enzyme secreted by the pancreas to break down proteins. They are also sometimes called proteolytic enzymes or proteinases.
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∙ 13y agoIn the duodenum, the enzymes begin the process of breaking down a variety of food components, including, proteins, fats, and starches.
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How is the proper pH for the functioning of the pancreatic-intestinal enzymes ensured?
The enzymes in the pancreas (which include several proteases, several nucleases, several elastases, pancreatic amylase, carboxypeptidase and steapsin) need to be of an alkaline pH (about pH8) to cancel out the highly acidic produce of the stomach. The pancreatic juices meet the bolus in the duodenum of the small intestine.
Proteins are broken down into proteases and peptides by proteases in?
Proteases are proteins which cleave other proteins in difference places. There may be other ways that proteins are broken down also.
What enzyme digests protein?
Protease
What are the two main brush border proteases?
trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen
In what structure do proteases first act on food?
stomach
Where is protease released?
Proteases are currently classified into six broad groups: Serine proteases Threonine proteases Cysteine proteases Aspartate proteases Metalloproteases Glutamic acid proteases. Quote, please, which type of protease are you referring to ?
Why is intrinsic factor which is a glycoprotein not digested by pancreatic proteases once it enters the duodenum and before it has bound to vitamin B12?
It actually is digested, partially, to allow the binding proteins to release vitamin B 12.
What is the exocrine portion of the pancreas composed of?
There are 2 main types: duct cells and acinar cells. The acinar cells synthesize the enzymatic component of pancreatic secretions (pancreatic lipase, pancreatic proteases, and pancreatic amylase). The duct cells secrete the the aqueous component, which is primarily bicarbonate, though the concentration changes with flow rate and stage of digestion (cephalic, gastric, intestinal).
How is the proper pH for the functioning of the pancreatic-intestinal enzymes ensured?
The enzymes in the pancreas (which include several proteases, several nucleases, several elastases, pancreatic amylase, carboxypeptidase and steapsin) need to be of an alkaline pH (about pH8) to cancel out the highly acidic produce of the stomach. The pancreatic juices meet the bolus in the duodenum of the small intestine.
Why don't proteases act on gut walls and digest?
It is because proteases work only on proteins.
Proteins are broken down into proteases and peptides by proteases in?
Proteases are proteins which cleave other proteins in difference places. There may be other ways that proteins are broken down also.
Where are amino acids digested?
Both DNA and RNA, present in the nuclei of cells forming the ingested foods, are hydrolyzed to their nucleotide monomers by pancreatic nucleases present in pancreatic juice. The nucleotides are then broken apart by intestinal brush border enzymes, which release their free bases, pentose sugars, and phosphate ions.
What is pepstatin?
Pepstatin A is an inhibitor of acid proteases (aspartyl peptidases). It forms a 1:1 complex with proteases such as pepsin, renin, cathepsin D, bovine chymosin, and protease B (Aspergillus niger). The inhibitor is highly selective and does not inhibit thiol proteases, neutral proteases or serine proteases. Solublized Beta-secretase and retroviral protease are also inhibited by Pepstatin A. It has been used to characterize proteases from several sources. Pepstatin A is thought to inhibit by a collected-substrate inhibition mechanism.
Which enzyme the hydrolyzes protein?
Amylase hydrolyzes carbohydrates, lipases breakdown lipids/fats, and proteases break down protein.
What enzymes make hair shiny?
Proteases
The main proteases involved in apoptosis are?
caspases
Diff between pancreatic fluid collection and pancreatic pseudocyst?
Pancreatic pseudocyst is a type of pancreatic fluid collection. There are many different types of pancreatic fluid collections: simple pancreatic cyst (congenital), Walled off Pancreatic Necrosis ( WOPN ), acute pseudocyst, chronic pseudocyst, pancreatic abscess, and cystic neoplasms, for example.
