The active ingredient in meat tenderizer is the enzyme papain, a protease. Explain how treating meat with this material before cooking would make it more tender.

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QUESTION: The active ingredient in meat tenderizer is the enzyme papain, a protease. Explain how treating meat with this material before cooking would make it more tender.

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QUESTION: The active ingredient in meat tenderizer is the enzyme papain, a protease. Explain how treating meat with this material before cooking would make it more tender.

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Enzymes are the compounds that play a vital role in all biological processes that occur in the body. They are termed biological polymers that helps to catalyze the biochemical reactions. They come under the class of proteins. Most of the metabolic processes are occurred with the help of enzymes. They form a linear chain of amino acids.

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