Chymotrypsin ({EC number|3.4.21.1}, chymotrypsins A and B, alpha-chymar ophth, avazyme, chymar, chymotest, enzeon, quimar, quimotrase, alpha-chymar, alpha-chymotrypsin A, alpha-chymotrypsin) is a digestive enzyme component of pancreatic juice acting in the duodenum where it performs proteolysis, the breakdown of proteins and polypeptides. Chymotry...
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(from the article `protein`) Not all enzymes are as highly specific as the example in Figure 7; digestive enzymes such as pepsin and chymotrypsin, for example, are able to act on ...
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<protein> Serine proteases from pancreas. Preferentially hydrolyse Phe, Tyr or Trp peptide and ester bonds. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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Serine proteases from pancreas. Preferentially hydrolyze Phe, Tyr, or Trp peptide and ester bonds.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kī′mō-trip′sin Definitions: 1. Chymotrypsin A, B, or C; a serine proteinase of the gastrointestinal tract that preferentially cleaves carboxyl links of hydrophobic amino acids, particularly at tyrosyl, tryptophanyl, phenylalanyl, and leucyl residues; synthesized in the pancreas as chymotrypsinogen, an...
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chymotrypsin, chymotryptic 1. A protein-digesting enzyme in pancreatic juice. 2. A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.
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a proteolytic enzyme, found in pancreatic juice, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins into polypeptides and amino acids.
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