Enteropeptidase

  • OMIM: 606 635
  • UniProt: P98073
  • MGI: 1197523

Enteropeptidase or (deprecated) enterokinase, an enzyme in the brush border of vertebrates, which is formed from the duodenal mucosa. Elimination of a hexapeptide ( Val- [ Asp ] 4- Lys) converts the inactive proenzyme trypsinogen into its active form trypsin, the membrane-bound enteropeptidase, thereby indirectly activates other enzymes of the pancreatic secretion.

The enteropeptidase catalyzes the following reaction:

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