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Enteropeptidase is an enzyme secreted in the small intestine necessary for digestion in humans. It is necessary for trypsin activation and acts as a serine protease. | Enteropeptidase is an enzyme secreted in the small intestine necessary for digestion in humans. It is necessary for trypsin activation and acts as a serine protease. | ||
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| + | Enteropeptidase converts the zymogen trypsinogen to trypsin by selectively cleaving the 6-Lys-|-Ile-7 bond. This in turn activates other pancreatic proteolytic proenzymes such as chymotrypsinogen, procarboxypeptidases, and proelastases [https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P98073] | ||
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Revision as of 10:38, 26 July 2021
Enteropeptidase from Homo sapiens optimized for E. coli
Enteropeptidase is an enzyme secreted in the small intestine necessary for digestion in humans. It is necessary for trypsin activation and acts as a serine protease.
Information contributed by City of London UK (2021)
Part information is collated here to help future users of the BioBrick registry.
Enteropeptidase converts the zymogen trypsinogen to trypsin by selectively cleaving the 6-Lys-|-Ile-7 bond. This in turn activates other pancreatic proteolytic proenzymes such as chymotrypsinogen, procarboxypeptidases, and proelastases [1]