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Pepsin digests protein in the highly acidic environment of the stomach.
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∙ 11y agopepsin acts in acidic medium which breaks down proteins into peptones.
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Which enzyme works best in alkaline conditions?
Pepsin in the stomach
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 enzymes are found in the stomach?
an enzyme found in the stomach is PEPSIN
What food does pepsin begin to breakdown?
Pepsin begins the digetion of Protein. Pepsin is found in the stomach.
What enzymes in stomach?
pepsin
What produces pepsin?
the stomach
Which is not secreted by the stomach?
pepsin
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.
In which Organ of the digestive system does pepsin works?
Breaks down the proteins into peptide chains
What prevents pepsin from destroying the cell walls in the stomach?
Pepsin is secreted as pepsinogen. Pepsinogen cannot eat the walls of the stomach. Now, pepsin is formed when pepsinogen binds to the hydrochloric acid (HCl) in the stomach. Once they are binded pepsin is formed. The second reason on why the stomach doesn't eat it's self is because of the alkaline mucus that suround the walls of the stomach.
In the stomach the protein is digested by?
That is a proteolytic enzyme. Name of the enzyme is pepsin. It is secreted as inactive pepsinogen, which become active when it comes in contact with the hydrochloric acid, in 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.
