Which of the following is incorrect regarding the given digestion and absorption of proteins?
(A)The breakdown of
(B)Peptides are broken proteins to peptides down into amino is catalysed by pepsin acids by pancreatic in the stomach and by carboxypeptidase the pancreatic and intestinal enzymes trypsin and aminopeptidase chymotrypsin in the small intestine
(C)Small peptidesCorrect
(D)None of these consisting of two or three amino acids can diffuse through epithelial cell and broken down into carbon dioxide and ammonia which are released into the blood
Answer: (C)
Solution
When small peptides consisting of two or three amino acids, i.e., dipeptides or tripeptides enter inside the cytosol of enterocyte they are broken down into further single
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