Question

What is the role of trypsin in digestion?

Answer 1

Trypsin:

1. Trypsin is a digestive enzyme secreted from the pancreas.
2. It is also known as proteinase or protease.

The role of trypsin in digestion:

1. It breaks down proteins in our diet.
2. Trypsin breaks down the proteins into smaller peptides by hydrolysis reaction.
3. It secretes as an inactive form of trypsinogen, which further gets active to act.
4. The action of trypsin occurs in the small intestine.