HEALTH · May 30, 2026 After proteases finish digesting food in the duodenum, they move with chyme into the mid and distal small intestine and begin digesting themselves and other enzymes into amino acids. MOSTLY BS
HEALTH · May 29, 2026 Pancreatic proteases such as trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen are synthesized as inactive zymogens and are activated in the duodenum by an intestinal enzyme (enterokinase/enteropeptidase), which helps prevent autodigestion of the pancreas. NOT BS