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Good question, but once you think about it, the answer is quite simple. Protease needs to grab on to something (a protein) in order to digest it. It cannot grab onto itself. More specifically, proteases are designed to recognise specific proteins or protein sequences which they bind to and then cut or break up the protein at. The protease cannot turn around on itself in order to catalyse this reaction.
This answer isn't quite correct. In your answer you act as if there is only one pepsin molecule. If that was the case then indeed pepsin cannot 'grab onto itself'. However the question should have been : why doesn't pepsin digest other pepsin molecules. To find the answer to that you would have to look closer into what kind of atoms the molecules are made of and why they do not 'react' with eachother.
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What is protease AM?
helps digest proteins
Which enzyme will digest protein if pH is 1.6?
protease will digest protein
Is protease an enzyme?
No, there is a great difference between lipaseand protease. lipase: digest fats and oils into glycerol and fatty acids. protease: digest protein into amino acids.
What would happen if you didnt have protease?
Protein wouldn't digest.
Enzyme that digest proteins?
Proteases are enzyme that digest proteins. In stomach we have proteases such as trypsin, pepsin and chymotrypsin that digest proteins. In addition there are peptidases that digest the peptides to simple amino acids.
Where on protease does a protein bond itself to?
It depends on the protease, but as with all enzymes, the substrate binds to the active site.
How does feces digest?
It doesnt digest as such it is the bi product of digestion
What is a gastric protease?
It is an enzyme that is produced in the stomach and used to digest proteins to polypeptides. It works best in acidic conditions
Can protease digest amino acid?
No, proteases digest proteins, producing protein fragments. The smallest fragment of a protein is an amino acid, the monomers from which the polymers we call proteins are built.
Name of the protein that can destroy protein?
An enzyme called a protease would digest proteins. Examples would be pepsin and trypsin.
Are protease enzymes used in baby food?
* Trypsin (a serine protease) is used in baby food to pre-digest it. It can break down the protein molecules which helps the baby to digest it as its stomach is not strong enough to digest bigger protein molecules. See the Related Link.
A milk protein-digesting enzyme found in children?
It's not rennin... christ. Lactase is needed to digest the Lactose, Protease is needed to digest the casein and whey protein and Lipase is needed to digest the fats (lipids) in the milk.
