lipase
- n an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream
- By shrewd use of colloidal physics and chemistry Professor Willstatter segregated the three important enzymes of pancreatic fluidlipase which acts on fats, amylase which acts .
- With triglycerides, an intestinal enzyme known as lipase acts as a kind of molecular scissors, fitting into slots between the fatty acids and snipping them apart.