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Item 10Item 10DNA and RNA (nucleic acids) are polymers of nucleotides that are broken down, first, by pancreatic enzymes and then completed by intestinal brush border enzymes which include phosphatase and _____________.

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nucleosidase

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The enzymes that first hydrolyze DNA and RNA are deoxyribonucleases (DNases) and ribonucleases (RNases), respectively. Then, DNA and RNA are broken down by intestinal enzymes including phosphatases and nucleosidases

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