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carboxypeptidasethe inactive zymogen procarboxypeptidase is activated by trypsin the further action on the polypeptides
elastasethe inactive proelastase is activated by trypsin to the active form elastase elastase attacks peptide bonds next
chymotrypsin chymotrypsin is secreted in an inactive form chymotrypsinogen which is activated by trypsin chymotrypsin is
role of pancreas in digestionpancreatic juices secreted from the pancreas aid in digestion of the food about
digestion in the stomachto understand the digestion mechanism in the stomach it is important to know about the anatomy of the stomach look up
explain the main function of the digestive system the major function of the digestive system is to ingest the food materials digest it to
digestiondigestive enzymes break down food particles into smaller units you will see that the final breakdown products of protein digestion are
what is absorption absorption involves the transfer of materials through the mucosa of the alimentary tract into blood and
what is digestionthe ingested food material is broken down into smaller constituents which are assimilable by the
explain enzymesenzymes are the proteins that act as catalysts speeding the rate at which biochemical reactions proceed but
explain turnover numberturnover number- the number of molecules of substrate transformed per catalytic site of the enzyme per
explain ricketsrickets- a condition in children due to vitamin d
what is prostetic groupprostetic group- a non-protein part of the enzyme which remains tightly bound to the protein
explain pancreatiti creatitis - inflammation of the
explain nephrotic syndromenephrotic syndrome - kidney disease due to degeneration of renal
what is muscular dystrophymuscular dystrophy - defects in the muscle due to faulty
explain metastatic carcinomametastatic carcinoma- cancer that can be transferred from one part of the body to other unrelated
what is katalkatal the amount of enzyme that transforms 1 mol of substrate into product in one
isozymes an enzyme having different molecular forms but catalyzing the same
what is active site active site the site on the surface of an enzyme to which substrate or substrates bind
enzymes in clinical diagnosisthe rationale for measuring plasma or serum enzyme levels is based on the premise that these levels reflect
properties of isozymesisozymes differ from each other not only in the amino acid composition they also have different electrophoretic
isozymessometimes an enzyme present in the same organism is found to have different molecular forms but
enzyme glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase catalyzes the reaction between glutamate and oxaloacetate with the formation of
pyridoxal phoshphatepyridoxal phosphate is derived from pyridoxine vitamin b6 and is involved in amino acid