Distributed digestion.
It is proposed the classical theory of digestion, that all dietary protein is broken down to amino acid before absorption, be abandoned as disproved. Evidence reviewed elsewhere has shown that a large part of the intake is in the form of high molecular mass protein which passes through the bloodstream rapidly and is taken up by the tissues throughout the body, there to be finally broken down by way of smaller polypeptide intermediates which may have important pharmacological roles as agents in cell function.
D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004063:Digestion; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D015017:Yolk Sac / Q000378:metabolism
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011134:Polysaccharides