Inactivation of digestive proteases: Another aspect of gut bacteria that should be taken into more consideration

摘要

TO THE EDITOR Protein has been one of the main components of our diet, and a large amount of digestive proteases is released into the gut for their digestion. However, these proteases can digest not only the proteins we eat, but also the structural proteins built in our body. To protect against this damage, our body has taken a variety of measures. For instance,