Pepsin and Trypsin Are Produced in the Pancreas as Zymogens

question 35

Multiple Choice

Pepsin and trypsin are produced in the pancreas as zymogens.What might result if these two enzymes were not produced in the pancreas as zymogens,but as active pepsin and trypsin?

• A)They would not be transported to the intestine because of their native charge.
• B)They would not be folded properly by their chaperone molecules.
• C)They would associate into inactive oligomeric forms.
• D)They would begin to degrade and damage pancreatic proteins.

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