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                                            Digestion and absorption of protein  

Keywords: Rennin, Glutathione, Tripeptides metaproteins, endopeptidase, exopeptidase

Table of contents

1.

Introduction

2.

Digestion

3.

Absorption

4.

Protein utilization 

5.

Protein  turnover

6.

Recommended daily dose

 7.

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Introduction: Protein is formed from amino acids. Amino acids are linked together in a chain by peptide bonds and form polypeptides-dipeptide and tripeptides. They form protein. The link is known as the polypeptide link.

Digestion

 Mechanical digestion of proteins starts in the mouth and continues in the stomach and small intestine, and chemical digestion starts in the stomach and ends in the small intestine.

In the mouth, the mechanical digestion of protein starts. When food enters the mouth, chewing starts and breaks large pieces of food material into small pieces. These small pieces with saliva form a bolus that can be swallowed. There is no chemical digestion in the mouth.

Chemical digestion of protein starts in the stomach (HCach bl ) with hydrochloric acid and pepsin. The stomach releases gastric juice containing hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen, and other enzymes. Pepsinogen is converted into its active form, pepsin, by hydrochloric acid. The stomach's acidity causes the unfolding of the proteins that still retain part of their three-dimensional structure after cooking and helps break down the protein aggregates formed during cooking. Pepsin acts on the peptide chain and digests it into smaller and smaller fragments. The movements of the stomach churn the partially digested food- protein into a chyme. Eating a high-protein meal increases the emptying time, providing sufficient time for protein digestion. Protein digestion in the stomach takes longer than carbohydrate digestion but a shorter time than fat digestion.    Pancreatic enzymes break polypeptides into amino acids, dipeptides, and tripeptides in the small intestines. The two major pancreatic enzymes that digest proteins are   - chymotrypsin and trypsin.

In the small intestine mucosa, proteolytic enzymes are present on the surface that finally break the smaller protein fragments into tripeptides, dipeptides, and amino acids. Enterocytes, tripeptides, and dipeptides are broken down into amino acids. Amino acids are absorbed into the blood.

Gastric HCl:  Denaturation of proteins converts proteins to meta proteins. Meta proteins are easily digestible. It causes the unfolding of the 3-D structure of protein and exposes polypeptide chains. In addition, it converts pepsinogen to active pepsin and provides proper pH for pepsin action, i.e., 1.5 -2.2.

 

Steps of protein digestion in the stomach



 Pepsin is an endopeptidase acting on the central peptide bond in which amino group belongs to aromatic amino acids –phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan. It is secreted in an inactive form called pepsinogen. It is activated by hydrochloride acid and auto-activation into pepsin.

Rennin is a milk clotting enzyme present in the stomach of infants and young children. The enzyme works optimally at pH 4. It acts on casein, converting it to soluble paracasein, which binds calcium ions forming insoluble calcium paracasein, then digested by pepsin.

Casein---Rennin------> paracasein  --+ca----> calcium paracasein--- pepsin--->AA  

Gelatinase liquefies gelatine.

Pancreatic  juice:  AA-AA-AA-AA-/–AA-AA-AA-AA-AA-/–AA-AA-AA-AA-AA

                                       Protein polypeptide site of endopeptidase cleavage.

Trypsin is an endopeptidase acting on the central peptide bond in which the carboxyl group belongs to essential amino acids, e.g., arginine and histidine.

Trypsinogen is secreted, which is the inactive form of trypsin. It is activated by the enterokinase enzyme into trypsin. Once activated, trypsin causes auto-activation and also starts other proenzymes.

Chymotrypsin is an endopeptidase that hydrolyzes the central peptide bond in which the carboxyl group belongs to aromatic amino acids. It is secreted in an inactive form called chymotrypsinogen, activated by trypsin. 

Elastase is an endopeptidase acting on peptide bonds formed by glycine, alanine, and serine. It digests elastin and collagen. It is secreted in an inactive form called proelastase, activated by trypsin.

             AA-\-AA-AA-AA-/–AA-AA-AA-AA-AA-/–AA-AA-AA-AA-\-AA

site of exopeptidase cleavage                               site of exopeptidase cleavage                

Carboxypeptidase is an exopeptidase that hydrolyzes the terminal peptide bond at the carboxyl terminus of the polypeptide chain. It is secreted in an inactive form called procarboxypeptidase, activated by trypsin.

Intestinal juice :

Aminopeptidase is an exopeptidase that hydrolyzes the terminal peptide bond at the amino terminus of the polypeptide chain. It releases a single amino acid.

Tripeptidase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of tripeptides, e.g., glycylglycylglycine. They hydrolyze only tripeptides containing a free primary or secondary α-amino group, a free terminal carboxyl group, and peptide hydrogen at the sensitive bond.

Absorption  

The absorption of amino acids is rapid in the duodenum and jejunum but slow in the ileum. Dipeptides and tripeptides can enter the small intestinal mucosal cell directly in a trace. In the mucosal cell, they are digested into amino acids. Amino acids are transported from the intestinal lumen to the intestinal cell and from the cell to the blood. The movement of individual amino acids requires special transport proteins, which is an active process.

Usually, whole proteins are not absorbed. The occurrence of this in man is suggested by the allergic reactions shown by some individuals to certain foodstuffs. However, there is extensive absorption of whole proteins from milk in newborns, including maternal antibodies. It occurs by pinocytosis.

                            

Absorption of aminoacids



Mechanism of amino acids absorption:

There are two mechanisms :

1. Carrier proteins  transport system

2. Glutathione transport system

Carrier, the transport of the protein system, is the primary system for amino acid absorption. This is an active process. Absorption of one amino acid molecule needs one ATP  molecule. There are 7 carrier proteins, one for each group of amino acids. Each carrier protein has two sites, one for amino acid and one for Na+. 

 Co-transports amino acids and Na+ from the intestinal lumen to the cytosol of intestinal mucosa cells. The absorbed amino acids enter the portal circulation, while Nais extruded from the cell in exchange with K+ by the sodium-potassium pump.

Glutathione transport system: Glutathione is used to transport amino acids from the intestinal lumen to the cytosol of intestinal mucosa cells. This is an active process. Absorption of one amino acid molecule needs   3 ATP  molecules. Glutathione reacts with amino acid in the presence of glutamyl transpeptidase to form glutamyl amino acid. Glutamyl amino acid releases amino acid in the cytosol of intestinal mucosa cells with the formation of 5-oxoproline that is used to regenerate glutathione to begin another cycle.

Utilization

Once the amino acids are in the blood, they are transported to the liver. Amino acids are synthesized in the liver deamination of amino acids, forming many proteins.

Protein turnover: All cells in the body continually break down proteins and build new proteins. Amino acids in the cellular pool come from diet and the destruction of cellular protein.

The recommended daily dose of protein is 1 gm per Kg. Bodyweight per day. But it is more in pregnant women, lactating women, growing children, and adolescents.

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