Which enzyme is specifically responsible for the digestion of milk proteins in infants?
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: Rennin
Rennin is a proteolytic enzyme found in the gastric juice of infants. It helps in the curdling and digestion of milk proteins (casein), though it is absent or significantly reduced in adults.
Practice all 20 Digestive Enzymes: Amylase, Protease, Lipase questions
Keep practicing
More Digestive Enzymes: Amylase, Protease, Lipase questions
- Which of the following enzymes is NOT a component of pancreatic juice?
- The activation of trypsinogen into trypsin is triggered by which enzyme?
- Bile juice contains no enzymes, yet it is essential for the digestion of:
- Which enzyme converts proteins, proteoses, and peptones into dipeptides in the small intestine?
- Intestinal juice (succus entericus) contains which of the following enzymes for the final stage of carbohydrate digestion?
- The breakdown of fats into diglycerides and monoglycerides is primarily catalyzed by: