Dipeptidases are enzymes secreted by enterocytes into the small intestine. Dipeptidases hydrolyze bound pairs of amino acids, called dipeptides. Dipeptidases are secreted onto the brush border of the villi in the small intestine, where they cleave dipeptides into their two component amino acids prior to absorption. Dipeptidases are also found with...
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<enzyme> Cleave preferentially hydrophobic dipeptides; from various bacterial and mammalian sources ... Registry number: EC 3.4.13.11 ... Synonym: renal dipeptidase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: dī-pep′ti-dās Definitions: 1. A hydrolase catalyzing the hydrolysis of a dipeptide to its constituent amino acids.
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any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of dipeptides.
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