question_answer

During the process of digestion, the proteins present in food materials are hydrolysed to amino acids. The two enzymes involved in the process Proteins \[\xrightarrow[{}]{Enzyme(A)}\]Polypeptides are respectively

A)  amylase and maltase

B)  diastase and lipase

C)  pepsin and trypsin

D)  invertase and zymase

Correct Answer: C

Solution :

 In the process of digestion the proteins present in food material are hydrolysed to amino acid. In this process two enzymes pepsin and trypsin are involved as follows