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Enterokinase is an intestinal enzyme that converts _______ to ________

(a) pepsinogen, pepsin

(b) pepsin, pepsinogen

(c) trypsinogen, trypsin

(d) trypsin, trypsinogen

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I want to ask this question from Fusion Proteins topic in chapter Use of Cloned DNA of Genetic Engineering

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Right option is (c) trypsinogen, trypsin

For explanation: Enterokinase is an intestinal enzyme which is used to convert inactive trypsinogen to trypsin. It forms the basis for the extraction of fusion proteins from the matrix.

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