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Tify the effects of enzymes on food molecules.

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Which enzymes act on proteins?
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Protease enzyme.

Step-by-step explanation:

Every cell in your body has protein; for this reason, dietary protein is crucial. Proteins consist of amino acids. The cells of our small intestine cannot absorb directly large protein molecules, but they can absorb individual amino acids to build new proteins. These new proteins are needed to make new cells and to repair old cells.

The breakdown of dietary protein starts in the stomach, but the pancreas secretes protease enzymes that are needed to digest most of the proteins. Two main protease enzymes are; trypsin and chymotrypsin. They break large proteins into smaller peptides so that cells can absorb it.

Other pancreas proteases such as carboxypeptidase breaks down peptides into amino acids.

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