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To get ready for football season, Jared has been eating a lot of lean protein, such as chicken. As the bites of chicken make their way to Jareds stomach, what pancreatic enzyme will MOST likely activate to begin digesting protein found in the chicken?
amylase
bicarbonate
lipase
proteases
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Proteases.
Pancreatic proteases (e.g., trypsin, chymotrypsin) digest proteins. (Note: pepsin in the stomach starts protein digestion; pancreatic proteases are secreted as zymogens and are activated in the duodenum by enterokinase/trypsin.)
Pancreatic proteases (e.g., trypsin, chymotrypsin) digest proteins. (Note: pepsin in the stomach starts protein digestion; pancreatic proteases are secreted as zymogens and are activated in the duodenum by enterokinase/trypsin.)
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