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chymotrypsin Audio
chy·mo·tryp·sin [ kahy-moh-trip-sin ]
Definitions related to chymotrypsin:
  • A serine endopeptidase secreted by the pancreas as its zymogen, CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN and carried in the pancreatic juice to the duodenum where it is activated by TRYPSIN. It selectively cleaves aromatic amino acids on the carboxyl side.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Serine endopeptidase secreted by the pancreas as its zymogen, chymotrypsinogen, and carried in the pancreatic juice to the duodenum where it is activated by trypsin.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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