Question

Which enzyme converts protein to amino acids?

Answer 1

Amino acids:

1. Amino acids are molecules that combine to form proteins.
2. Proteins are the building blocks of life.

Proteolytic enzymes:

1. Proteolytic enzymes or proteases are the groups of enzymes that break proteins into shorter peptides and then into amino acids.
2. The main proteolytic enzymes are pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase, dipeptidase, etc.