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Enzymes are globular proteins that control biological reactions. Digestive enzymes speed up the breakdown (hydrolysis) of food molecules into their âbuilding blockâ components.These reactions occur outside of the cells lining the gut.he main enzyme-producing structures of the human digestive system are the salivary glands, stomach, pancreas, liver and small intestine. Digestive juices and enzymes. Substance digested. Product formed. Saliva. Amylase. Starch. Maltose. Gastric juice. Protease (pepsin) and hydrochloric acid.
Within the pancreas, acinar cells produce the digestion enzymes, which travel in pancreatic juice into the duodenum through a system of ducts (which produce the pancreatic juice). Many of the pancreatic enzymes are actually proto-enzymes; they require another chemical in the duodenum to transform into an actual enzyme.