Definition: Colipase I and II, consisting of 94-95 and 84-85 amino acid residues, respectively, have been isolated from porcine pancreas. Their role is to prevent the inhibitory effect of bile salts on the lipase-catalyzed intraduodenal hydrolysis of dietary long-chain triglycerides.
a protein: not an enzyme despite -ase; /biosyn /physiol permitted
Other names B, Colipase; A, Colipase; Colipase B; Colipase A