trypsin
IPA: trˈɪpsʌn
noun
- (biochemistry) A digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease)
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Examples of "trypsin" in Sentences
- Bovine and porcine trypsins are preferred.
- It is activated by trypsin, but not by thrombin.
- It is generally known as 'serum trypsin inhibitor'.
- Digestion with trypsin is very dependent on temperature.
- Cells are then trypsinized and resuspended in a hypotonic buffer.
- The enzyme trypsin can hydrolyze off a phosphate containing peptone.
- Once activated, the trypsin can activate more trypsinogen into trypsin.
- An enzyme in the soy meal prevents utilization of the trypsin amino acid.
- Trypsin is produced in the pancreas as the inactive proenzyme trypsinogen.