noun
- Plural of chymotrypsin; serine proteases produced by the pancreas that break down proteins in the small intestine during digestion.
Usage: technical; biochemistry; also spelled chymotrypsin (singular)
Examples
- Chymotrypsins are released into the small intestine to help digest dietary proteins.
- The pancreas secretes several digestive enzymes, including chymotrypsins and trypsin.
- Chymotrypsins cleave peptide bonds at specific amino acid residues.
- Researchers studied how chymotrypsins function in the digestive process.
- Deficiencies in pancreatic chymotrypsins can lead to protein malabsorption.