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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.
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∙ 11y agoIts responsible for the breakdown of proteins
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What is the secretion and enzymes found in the proventriculus?
Proventriculus secretes HCl (hydrochloric acid) and pepsin. HCl breaks down and prepares the ingested food to be more easily digested by pepsin. Pepsin is responsible for digestion of protein.
How do pepsin hydrochloric acid work together to digest food in the stomach?
Contrary to popular belief, the acid is not directly responsible for the digestion of nutrients in the stomach. The hydrochloric acid is there to provide suitable acidic conditions for pepsin to work efficiently. The pepsin breaks down proteins into smaller amino acids.
What food does pepsin begin to breakdown?
Pepsin begins the digetion of Protein. Pepsin is found in the stomach.
What chemicals are in the stomach that break down food?
The correct answer is stomach acid
In an experiment of Pepsin and BAPNA is pepsin the substrate?
Bapna is the substrate that the enzyme, pepsin, is action on.
Which enzyme works best in alkaline conditions?
Pepsin in the stomach
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.
Is pepsin a carbohydrate?
No, pepsin is a protein digestive enzyme.
What enzyme contained in gastric juice?
Protease (pepsin) plus hydrochloric acid
Which is not found in the mouth pepsin or ptyalin?
Pepsin is not found in mouth!
What are the differences between pepsin and pepsinogen?
pepsinogen makes pepsin
Pepsin is an enzyme released by the?
pepsin is a enzyme secreted by the gastric glands
