How does Claire's diagnosis explain why 1 mL of liquid from her small intestine
digested protein slowly but 1 mg of her pure protease digested protein normally?
Claire's diagnosis may show the absence or a very small amount of proteolytic enzymes in her small intestine.
Explanation:
Claire's diagnosis may explain the slow digestion of proteins due to the absence or decrease of proteolytic enzymes in the small intestine. That's because these enzymes must be present in the small intestine in amounts suitable for the protein digestion process to be rapid, as a digestion process, through enzymes must be. This is because enzymes are responsible for speeding up the metabolic processes, if there is a lack of enzymes, the metabolic processes become slower.
The presence of low concentration or absence of proteolytic enzymes causes low digestion in the small intestine.
The absence or low concentration of proteolytic enzymes in the small intestine is responsible for the slow digestion. Proteolytic enzymes also known as protease are enzymes that is responsible for the break down of protein so that's the reason that 1 mL of liquid from Claire's small intestine digested protein slowly as compared to the presence of protease which can digest protein.
