NCIt definition : Enzymes produced and secreted by the pancreas which aid in the proteolysis of proteins
in the digestive tract. Pancreatic proteolytic enzymes include trypsin, chymotrypsin
and carboxypeptidase; these enzymes are secreted as zymogens, inactive precursors
of the enzymes, and are activated in the lumen of the digestive canal. Another proteolytic
enzyme, enteropeptidase, is associated with the brush border of enterocytes; this
enzyme catalyses the conversion of trypsinogen into trypsin which, in turn, can activate
a number of other pancreatic zymogens. (NCI04);