Proteases

... differently than anything else. Even vegetables and fruit are digested differently. All with different digestive enzymes (amylase, lipases, proteases, lactase, peptidases, cellulase, etc.) and albeit in different parts of the GI tract (stomach, duodenum, small intestines, large intestines), ...

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Well there is an ADAM gene family, they are a family of extracellular metalloproteases that cleave the extracellular portion of membrane proteins. from what I know, there are at least 5 different genes in that family. they are involved (at least) in the first ...

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Not quite all the answer. Understand that proteases refers to a large group of enzymes - each of which has a specificity - based on amino acid sequence, charge, size, etc. For example trypsin cleaves peptide chains at the carboxyl side of the ...

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... Same goes for protease and amylase. You used pancreatic lipase, pancreatic amylase and pancreatic protease. Now, to address your question: yes, proteases do break down other enzymes. As a matter of fact, proteases will even break down other proteases. but the thing is that the concentration ...

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... the tune of maybe 1-5 mM. By adding EDTA to the media you reduce or remove these inhibitors. Secondarily, there are multiple membrane-associated proteases that are activated by metal ions. These enzymes might be stimulated when trypsin starts to digest away at the cell surface proteins. Trypsin ...

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