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Match the Enzyme

Digestion is a relay: each organ adds its own set of enzymes, and each enzyme only cuts one kind of bond. Learn them as three linked facts — who made it, what it acts on, what it leaves behind. Tap an organ to explore, then switch to the matching drill.

Where enzymes come from

Schematic, not to scale. Tap an organ to see what it secretes.

The reaction

Pick an enzyme to see the bond it breaks.
Enzymes of digestiontap an organ, then an enzyme
Read the name firstMost digestive enzymes are named for what they cut, with -ase tacked on the end: amylase splits starch (amylum), lipase splits lipid, lactase splits lactose, peptidases split peptides. The front half of the word is usually the substrate, and the organ is the fact you have to add.
Why zymogens? Protein-splitting enzymes would digest the gland that made them, so they are secreted as inactive precursors (pepsinogen, trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, procarboxypeptidase) and switched on only after they reach the lumen. Look for the 🔒 in the list.
Which organ secretes it?
What does it act on?
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