chymotrypsin (redirected from Chymotripsin)

chymotrypsin /chy·mo·tryp·sin/ (ki?mo-trip´sin) an endopeptidase with action similar to that of trypsin, produced in the intestine by activation of chymotrypsinogen by trypsin; a product crystallized from an extract of the pancreas of the ox is used clinically for enzymatic zonulolysis and debridement.

---

chy·mo·tryp·sin (km-trpsn)

n.

A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.

---

chymo·tryptic (-tk) adj.

---

chymotrypsin

an endopeptidase with action similar to that of trypsin, produced in the intestine by activation of chymotrypsinogen from the exocrine pancreas; a product crystallized from an extract of the pancreas of the ox has been used clinically as an anti-inflammatory agent and for enzymatic zonulolysis and débridement.

---

chymotrypsin test

a test of pancreatic exocrine efficiency depending on the presence of chymotrypsin to split a peptide-para-aminobenzoic acid compound.

---

chymotrypsin Physiology A GI tract serine protease synthesized in the pancreas as a prohormone, which cleaves proteins at hydrophobic amino acids–leucine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine