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If this enzyme were to be absent in our ...

If this enzyme were to be absent in our small intestine, digestion of proteins in our body would be severely affected.

A

Pancreatic amylase

B

Maltase

C

Lipase

D

Enterokinase

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The correct Answer is:
D
Enterokinase is a part of intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen to trypsin responsible for the digestion of peptones into tripeptide and dipeptide
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