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Pepsin becomes inactive when it reaches the small intestine where the pH is between 7 and 9. It functions best when in an acidic environment like the stomach.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoWhen pepsin reaches the small intestine, its activity stops. The small intestine has a basic pH of 8 thereby inactivating pepsin which needs an acid environment to work in.
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∙ 11y agoPepsin activity decreases due to the neutral pH
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∙ 13y agoPepsin is active at pH1 to pH4 therefore is inactive in the small intestine where the pH is higher than 5
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∙ 13y agoIt is absorbed and used to break down the food that comes through the small intestine.
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What happen when enzymes from the stomach enters the small intestine?
food will be absorbed
What would happen when the enzyme pepsin that normally acts on protein in the stomach is pushed into the small intestine that has a relatively high pH?
the pepsin would become innactive
Why does pepsin not remain active in the duodenum?
Yes. The precursor of pepsin is called pepsinogen; it is produced by stomach cells and then activated by the HCl in the stomach. Pepsin works best at very low pH.... e.g. acid conditions of the stomach. The small intestine has glands that produce neutralize the acid. Pepsin denatures at pH's of 5,0 or higher..... so effectively it is neutralized when the chyme enters the small intestine.
The enzyme that catalyzes the digestion of peptides in the small intestine is?
The enzyme that catalyzes the digestion of peptides in the small intestine is pepsin. Pepsin is released by the mucosal lining of the stomach.
Which comes first on the grasshopper the small intestine or large intestine?
Food enters the small intestine first. It enters the duodenum in the small intestine.
Why pepsin is inactive in small intestine?
pepsin and all other digestive enzymes are neutralized by the small intestine
Where the small intestine enters the large intestine?
Yes.
The stomach and small intestine produce different enzymes is that the gene that codes for pepsin is?
expressed in the stomach but not expressed in the small intestine
Why does blood flow into the small intestine?
Small intestine is where the food enters the blood.
The place where nutrients enters the blood?
The small intestine .
After food enters the small intestine lipases proteases and amylases are secreted into the small intestine by the?
Pancreas
What Organ does the stomach enters?
small intestine
