The enzyme that digests proteins into peptides is called protease.
Protein digestion in the stomach is initiated by the enzyme pepsin, which breaks down proteins into smaller peptides. Pepsin is activated by the acidic environment of the stomach, specifically hydrochloric acid. The breakdown of proteins into peptides is essential for their absorption and utilization by the body.
The general name for these enzymes is proteases
Nope, it's an element. It's also a co-factor in something I can't remember the name of... However, definitely NOT an enzyme. Enzymes have to be proteins.
The suffix -ase indicates an enzyme, e.g. proteinase, dehydrogenase, hydrogenase, polymerase.
Part of an enzyme's name is usually derived from the reaction it catalyzes.
An enzyme called a protease would digest proteins. Examples would be pepsin and trypsin.
Protein digestion in the stomach is initiated by the enzyme pepsin, which breaks down proteins into smaller peptides. Pepsin is activated by the acidic environment of the stomach, specifically hydrochloric acid. The breakdown of proteins into peptides is essential for their absorption and utilization by the body.
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The enzyme that digests protein is called pepsin, which is primarily active in the stomach and helps break down protein into smaller peptides.
Proteases are enzymes that digest proteins. Examples of proteases that are used in the human body include Pepsin (an enzyme in the stomach), and Trypsin (an enzyme in the small intestine) which digest proteins into amino acids, or polypeptide chains composed of amino acids.
"protease"; an enzyme that breaks down proteins
The enzyme obtained from papaya which hydrolyzes the proteins is called Papain
Yes, chymotrypsin digests proteins. Chymotrypsin is included in the group of proteolytic enzymes called "serine proteases". This name is referred to their common catalytic mechanism characterized by a particular reactive Serine residue that is essential for their enzymatic activity. Chymotrypsin is secreted from the pancreas and has a particular breakage activity of peptide bond from proteins. To do this, the protein to be digested has to have a Phenylalanine (Phe), Tryptophan (Trp), or a Tyrosine (Tyr) as bulky amino acid residues before the peptide bond to be cleaved. Moreover, when that particular amino acid residue, just before the peptide bond, is an Asparagine (Asn), Histidine (His), Methionine (Met) or Leucine (Leu), the breakage process is slower. Finally, when the amino acid residue previous to the peptide bond is a Proline (Pro), the cleavage doesn't take place.
The enzyme that activates another enzyme is called a kinase. Kinases add phosphate groups to proteins, a process known as phosphorylation, which can activate or deactivate the target enzyme.
There are many proteins available for our bodies, and are even divided up in categories. Despite the categories, some proteins are tubulin, collagen, and myosin. For a full list of proteins, try this list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proteins
The (general) name of proteins that makes chemical reactions inside the body work is 'enzyme'. Enzymes have a 'catalyst' function. There is one for each specific biological reaction.
the enzyme produced in the stomach wall is mainly protease, this breaksdown the proteins in the food you have eaten