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CBSEENCH12011389

During the process of digestion, the proteins present in food materials are hydrolysed in amino acids. The two enzymes involved in the process

Proteins space rightwards arrow with Enzyme space left parenthesis straight A right parenthesis on top space Polypeptides
space space space space space space space space space space space space space space rightwards arrow with Enzyme space left parenthesis straight B right parenthesis on top space Amino space acids comma
are respectively:

  • amylase and maltase

  • diastase and lipase

  • pepsin and trypsin

  • invertase and zymase

Solution

C.

pepsin and trypsin

In the process of digestion, the proteins present in food material are hydrolysed to an amino acid. In this process two enzymes pepsin and trypsin are involved as follows:
Proteins space rightwards arrow from left parenthesis Enzyme apostrophe straight A apostrophe to Pepsin of space Polypeptide rightwards arrow from left parenthesis Enzyme space apostrophe straight B apostrophe to Trypsin of space Amino space acid