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It helps to digest proteins.
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Pepsin functions best in what part of the digestive system?
mouth
State where in the digestive system you would find pepsin?
Pepsin is a digestive protease (EC 3.4.23.1) released by the chief cells in the stomach that functions to degrade food proteins into peptides. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsin
Is pepsin a carbohydrate?
No, pepsin is a protein digestive enzyme.
What are some enzymes found in the digestive system?
Pancreatic amylase Lipase Pepsin Salivary amylase Maltase Rennin (younger version of pepsin mostly found in babies)
Is pepsin a digestive enzyme?
Yes, it is.
In which Organ of the digestive system does pepsin works?
Breaks down the proteins into peptide chains
How do you xxplain what pepsin is?
Pepsin is a digestive enzyme in the stomach, breaking down proteins into polypeptides.
What digestive digests proteins?
digestive juices consit of digestive enzymes (strictly says, proteases) such as renin, pepsin, trypsin and other molecules that helps in digesting proteins
What digestive enzyme does not function in high pH?
Pepsin
Which digestive juice acts only on proteins?
Pepsin is the "digestive juice" that digests proteins.
What is pepsin responsible for?
1. Pepsin is the important digestive enzyme of the stomach. 2. Pepsin can essentially digest any protein in the diet. 3. Lacking sufficient pepsin, protein foods are poorly penetrated by other digestive enzymes further on and are thus poorly digested.
Which animal produce less pepsin a herbivore or carnivore?
A carnivore organism needs to produce more pepsin because its diet is rich predominently on meat in contrast to a herbivore . The last one contains a lot of proteins for which digestion pepsin plays a crucial role in the digestive system.
