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Question
Trypsinogen is an inactive enzyme of pancreatic juice. An enzyme, enterokinase, activates it. Which tissue/ cells secrete this enzyme?/ How is it activated?
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Solution
The intestinal wall secretes trypsinogen. It is activated into trypsin by enterokinase.
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