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What substance must be present in the stomach for pepsin to work correctly?
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Polypeptides, along with some oligo peptides and free amino acids.
Jaylin Konopelski
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What substance must be present in the stomach for pepsin to work best?
What substance must be present in the stomach for pepsin to work best? *
What enzyme is present in the stomach?
Pepsin is activated by acid in the stomach and breaks proteins -- including those in meat, dairy, eggs and vegetable sources.
What is the role of hydrochloric acid in the stomach?
There is an enzyme called pepsin in our stomach which helps in digestion of food. Hydrochloric acid helps to activate pepsin as well as kills the germs present in food.
What enzyme is in the stomach?
The enzyme present in the stomach is pepsin. It breaks down the proteins in food while in your stomach and helps with the digestive process.
What susbance must be present in the stomach for pepsin to work best?
HCI or hydrochloric acid helps to lower down the Ph value of stomach and thus activates Pepsin, which is an enzyme present in most juices, and helps to break proteins into smaller peptides.
Why does the enzyme pepsin (present in the stomach) denature in the intestine?
Once out of the stomach the Ph of the contents is raised by the Bile to a copable Ph level for the intestinal region. As Pepsin Denatures at pH5 (or more like pH6.8)
Can pepsin work under the acidic conditions present in the stomach?
Yes it can partner. ~answered by FightingLucario
Pepsin cannot work under the acidic conditions present in the stomach true or false?
its false
What type of enviorment does pepsin work best in?
The optimum pH of pepsin is pH2. Pepsin is found in the stomach and it is protease enzyme that digest protein into smaller molecule. The stomach is suitable place for it because it is acidic , so it's activity increases in the acidic environment.
Which enzyme works best in alkaline conditions?
Pepsin in the stomach
What does the pepsin do in the stomach?
Pepsin digests protein in the highly acidic environment of 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
