Similar transport system as glucose. QUESTION 8: Removal of an inhibitory domain from the active site. Which statement about protein digestion and absorption is INCORRECT? Single amino acids are absorbed across the intestinal epithelial cell, i.e., from the intestine into the blood, using a membrane-bound enterokinase. In the small intestine, membrane-bound enterokinase activates chymotrypsinogen, resulting in chymotrypsin.