In what organ is endopeptidase also, besides stomach, made?

Hello, I know that endopeptidase is made in the stomach. In what other organ is it also made?

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Mandira P.
Jan 8, 2018

Answer is PANCREAS, which secretes endopeptidases like trypsin and chymotrypsin. Both are released in inactive form and get activated in Intestine by enterokinase.
Endopeptidase breaks down a long polypeptide chain in smaller fragments.

Explanation:

http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/pancreas/enterokinase.gif

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