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What is the medical term meaning an enzyme that digests protein?

A protease is an enzyme that digests protein. These enzymes are also known as peptidases.


What enzyme digests stains containing fats?

The name of the type of enzyme that digests stains containing fats is Lipase.


What is the enzyme that digests starch?

The enzyme that digests starch is called amylase. Amylase is produced in both the saliva (salivary amylase) and the pancreas (pancreatic amylase) and breaks down starch into smaller sugar molecules like maltose.


What is the name of the enzyme that will digest proteins into peptides?

The enzyme that digests proteins into peptides is called protease.


What enzyme digests sugars?

Sucrase is the enzyme (called a disaccharidase) that digests sucrose, the major disaccharide in table sugar.


What are gastric juices?

Gastric juices are secretions from the stomach lining that contain hyrdrochloric acid and an enzyme that digests protein.


What enzyme digests Sucrose.?

the enzyme sucrase


What type of nutrient is digested by pepsin in the stomach?

Pepsin in important for the digestion of protein. The enzyme is created in the stomach and breaks down the collagen protein.


What is the name of the enzyme that digests starch?

The enzyme that digests starch is called amylase. It breaks down starch into smaller carbohydrate molecules such as maltose and glucose for absorption in the body.


What enyme digests vegetable oil?

what enzyme digests vegetable oil


Where is pepsin produced What is the effect of pepsin on protein?

Pepsin is produced in the stomach. Pepsin is an enzyme that digests (hydrolyses) proteins into smaller polypeptide molecules.


What does the enzyme protein digest?

The general term is "proteases" Pepsin cleaves at the "n" terminus produced by the stomach and works in an acidic pH environment. Chymotrypsin and Trypsin are produced by the pancreas which is below the stomach and work in a more basic pH environment.