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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Endopeptidases > Serine Endopeptidases > Chymotrypsin
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Chymotrypsin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Alpha-Chymotrypsin Choay
  • Alphacutanée
  • Avazyme

Note

  • /antag: consider also ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN

Scope note

  • 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.

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