Pancreatic juice in intestine

Question

Besides pancreatic juice in intestine there exists releasing of enteric juice which consists of the digestive enzymes too. State these enzymes and which kind of molecule do these enzymes break?

Answer 1

The enteric juice is secreted by small intestine mucosa. Enzymes of enteric juice and their respective functions are explained as:

a) Enterokinase: enzyme which activates the trypsinogen into the trypsin.

b) Saccharase: enzyme which breaks the sucrose or saccharose in the glucose and fructose.

c) Maltase: enzyme which breaks down the maltose in two glucose molecules.

d) Lactase: enzyme which breaks down lactose into the glucose and galactose.

e) Peptidases: enzymes which break down the oligopeptides into the amino acids.

f) Nucleotidases: Enzymes which break nucleotides into its components.