Medical term:
enterokinase
enteropeptidase
[en″ter-o-pep´tĭ-dās]an enzyme of the intestinal juice secreted by the duodenal mucosa; it activates the proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice by converting trypsinogen into trypsin.
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en·ter·o·pep·ti·dase
(en'tĕr-ō-pep'ti-dās),An intestinal proteolytic glycoenzyme from the duodenal mucosa that converts trypsinogen into trypsin (removes a hexapeptide from trypsinogen).
Synonym(s): enterokinase
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enterokinase
(ĕn′tə-rō-kī′nās′, -nāz′, -kĭn′ās′, -āz′)n.
An enzyme secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa that catalyzes the conversion of trypsinogen to trypsin.
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TMPRSS15
A gene on chromosome 21q21 that encodes a serine protease responsible for activating pancreatic proteolytic proenzymes by catalysing the conversion of trypsinogen to trypsin, which in turn activates other proenzymes, including chymotrypsinogen, procarboxypeptidases and proelastases. It is localised at the intestinal brush border.Molecular pathology
Defects in TMPRSS15 are a cause of enterokinase deficiency.
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enterokinase
See ENTEROPEPTIDASE.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
enterokinase
see ENTEROPEPTIDASE.enterokinase
) an ENZYME secreted by cells of the DUODENUM, which catalyses the conversion of inactive TRYPSINOGEN in the PANCREATIC JUICE to active TRYPSIN.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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