Local Navigation
TermFinder - an online dictionary for students
trypsin(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: noun
- Definition: an enzyme secreted from the pancreas that acts to degrade protein
- Example:
1. The digestive enzyme, trypsin, is produced in an inactive form in which a small portion of the protein hangs over and blocks trypsin's active site.
2. Trypsin catalyses the hydrolysis of proteins to form smaller polypeptide units. - Related Compound: trypsinogen
- Search history: trypsin
