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Does hydrochloric acid produced in the stomach destroy pepsin?
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∙ 14y ago
No quite the opposite the low pH allows the autocleavage of pepsins zymogen pepsinogen into the active form pepsin.
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Hydrochloric acid and pepsin are secreted by the?
Stomach
What enzymes are found in the stomach?
an enzyme found in the stomach is PEPSIN
What is chemical found in the stomach needed to activate pepsinogen to pepsin?
You think probable to pepsin or hydrochloric acid.
What is the role of hydrochloric acid in the stomach?
There is an enzyme called pepsin in our stomach which helps in digestion of food. Hydrochloric acid helps to activate pepsin as well as kills the germs present in food.
How can you destroy pepsin in stomach?
Make the conditions of the stomach alkaline so that the pH is not conducive to the functioning of pepsin
What is needed to convert pepsinogen to pepsin?
hydrochloric acid produced by parietal cells converts pepsin to pepsinogen
Where is pepsin produced What is the effect of pepsin on protein?
Pepsin is produced in the stomach. Pepsin is an enzyme that digests (hydrolyses) proteins into smaller polypeptide molecules.
Is pepsin produced by the pancreas?
Pepsin is an enzyme whose responsibility it is to break down proteins in the body. Pepsin is not produced by the pancreas; it is produced by the stomach.
Churns food and begins protein digestion?
When pepsinogen is mixed with hydrochloric acid, it makes pepsin. Pepsin is the enzyme that begins the digestion of proteins in stomach.
What enzyme begins the breakdown of protein?
HCL (hydrochloric acid) begins digestion in stomach.
What is needed for the stomach protein digesting enzymes to become active?
Zymogens are stored in their inactive form and need the Hydrochloric acid (or HCl) to be activated. Specifically, HCl converts pepsinogen into pepsin which can then be used to convert more pepsinogen into pepsin.
Why is pepsin stored under pepsinogen?
Pepsinogen becomes pepsin when activated by the stomach's Hydrochloric acid. This protein digest proteins, it could not be produced nor stored in the body's cells in its active form because it would destroy the cell that made it. The cells protect themselves by producing and storing the enzyme in an inactivated form.
