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Pepsin begins the digetion of Protein. Pepsin is found in the stomach.
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Is food reacting with pepsin a chemical or mechanical change?
This is a chemical change. Pepsin catalyzes the chemical breakdown of food.
What enzymes speed up the breakdown of protein in food?
Pepsin and tripsin
What enzymes speeds up the breakdown of protein in food?
Pepsin and tripsin
What is the enzymatic breakdown of any type of food molecule by the edition of a water molecule to each molecular bond?
pepsin
All living organisms begin the breakdown of their food by?
Glycolysis
What enzyme begins the breakdown of protein?
HCL (hydrochloric acid) begins digestion in stomach.
Why is there hydrochloric acid in the stomach?
Pepsin, which is used to break down proteins, cannot work unless it is in an acid environment. Due to this fact, the stomach secretes both pepsin and hydrochloric acid to digest the protein in a meal.
What enzyme speeds up the breakdown of food?
It varies for all the food groups. For fat/lipid lipase breaks down,for proteins pepsin breaks down and for carbohydrates amylase.
What does the pepsin have to do with the digestion system?
When you eat, your body needs to digest the food and turn it into a form that the body can use for nutritional purposes. Digestion refers to the chemical breakdown of large food molecules into smaller molecules that can then be used by cells. This process occurs when certain enzymes are mixed with the food. One of those enzymes is pepsinogen, which is converted to pepsin; pepsin is important because it digests proteins.
What enzymes speed up the breakdown of protein in foods?
Pepsin and tripsin
Main digestive function occurring in the stomach?
The main digestive function occurring in the stomach happens when the muscles churn the food into a consistency that is easier to digest for the rest of your intestines. The stomach releases acids and enzymes for the chemical breakdown of food. Pepsin is responsible for protein breakdown.
What chemicals are in the stomach that break down food?
The correct answer is stomach acid
