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What enzymes does trypsin activate?


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Enzymes:

These are mostly proteinaceous biomolecules that catalyse biochemical and physiological reactions by altering the rates of the reactions.

Trypsin:

  1. It is an enzyme that is secreted by the pancreas as the proenzyme trypsinogen.
  2. It is activated by enterokinase present in the small intestine.
  3. It activates other pancreatic enzymes chymotrypsinogen, proelastase, procarboxypeptidase, and prolipase.

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