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Protein digestion occurs mainly in the stomach and also in the small intestine.
When protein food is eaten and enters the stomach, the hydrochloric acid in the stomach "denatures" the protein. This means it starts to break the protein down into short chains of amino acids joined together (peptide chains).
This is also when the the hydrochloric acid (HCl) also activates an enzyme called pepsin to participate in the break-down of the protein.
After this, the broken down protein enters into the small intestine where it is further broken down into the di-peptides (2 amino acids joined together) by pancreatic enzymes and then into its individual amino acids by other pancreatic enzymes.
The amino acids are absorbed through the small intestine and travel in the blood stream into the liver.
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∙ 15y agoproteins are the only food molecule that are digested in the stomach
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∙ 12y agoProteins are broken down into amino acids, and most of this happens in the stomach and small intestines...
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∙ 12y agoIn the stomache it secretes an acid and something named Pepsin
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How protein is digested?
Protein is digested by resting
What are the smaller molecules made when protein carbohydrate and protein are digested?
Protein is digested to form amino acids. Lipids are digested to fatty acids. Carbohydrates are digested to glucose and other simple sugars.
What part of the body is protein digested in?
Protein is digested in the stomach and small intestine.
Is protein digestable?
Protein is digested by resting
The part of alimentary canal where protein is digested?
Protein is digested both in the stomach (by pepsin and trypsin) and in the small intestine.
What does protein get digested into?
Amino acids
What does the body break digested protein into?
The body breaks digested proteins into amino acids
What substrate is digested by enzym protease?
Protein
What is produced when protein is pre-digested?
amylases
How is protein digested by the mouth?
When you chew, you activate the salivary glands which breakdown protein in the food.
Protein foods must be digested to what?
Amino Acids
Why rice is more easily digested than meat?
Carbohydrates are more easily digested than protein.
