Answer
The catabolism of proteins involves denaturation, hydrolysis and proteolysis. Proteolysis involves enzyme catalyzed reactions, for uncatalyzed protein hydrolytic break down is too slow to support life.
Proteins are first degraded and/ or denatured then enzyme-like oligopeptidases break peptide bonds to give short peptide chains which are further broken down into individual amino acids by enzymes like chymotrypsin, trypsin, aminopeptidase and dipeptidaes. Amino acids can be abosrbed through cell membranes to get into blood and cytosol.
Work Step by Step
Reactions involved in the catabolism or chemical break-down of proteins to amino acid include, degradation, hydrolysis and enzyme catalyzed proteolysis.
