chymotrypsin

1 8.7

An enzyme from the pancreas that helps digest proteins in the small intestine

noun
/ˌkaɪməˈtrɪpsɪn/

Specialized

: quimotripsina

Chymotrypsin is a crucial enzyme that helps break down proteins in the small intestine.
chymotrypsin and trypsin

Of the chymotrypsin digest of our protein after it was previously treated with DTT.

Examples

During digestion, chymotrypsin acts on protein molecules to facilitate their breakdown in the small intestine.
So that's like chymotrypsin or trypsin, except so it evolved convergently.
And So what this does is that covalently modifies the active site of trypsin, chymotrypsin and kills chymotrypsin.
The early structures for lysozyme, ribonuclease, carboxypeptidase, and chymotrypsin each provided critical insight into the mechanism of catalytic action.

Academic text (1995)
The pancreas produces chymotrypsin, which aids in the digestion of dietary proteins.

Synonyms

trypsin

vschymotrypsin

Specialized

1 8.2

A protein made in the pancreas that helps break down food proteins in the small intestine

helps degrade proteins in the small intestine rather than mainly making peptides

elastase

vschymotrypsin

Specialized

1 9.5

An enzyme made in the pancreas that breaks proteins like elastin into small parts

acts in the small intestine to digest dietary proteins rather than focus on elastin

Surface Forms

chymotrypsin singular

chymotrypsins plural

Morphology

chymotrypsin = trypsin (opaque) = chymo + trypsin

The combining form 'chymo-' names a subclass of proteolytic enzymes and the full term is specialized vocabulary not predictable by average learners from component parts.

Etymology

The word chymotrypsin comes from the parts chymo- meaning 'juice', like chyme which is partly digested food, and -trypsin from a Greek root meaning 'to rub' or 'to wear down'. So, chymotrypsin is an enzyme that works in the digestive 'juice' to 'rub apart' proteins and help digest them in the small intestine.