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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?
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∙ 7y ago
the pepsin would become innactive
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∙ 13y ago
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What part of the body is protein digested in?
Protein is digested in the stomach and small intestine.
What organ digests?
Stomach and small intestine Protein digestion starts in the stomach, then the small intestine completely digests it.
What organ digests proteins?
Stomach and small intestine Protein digestion starts in the stomach, then the small intestine completely digests it.
Does the small intestine absorb water and alcohol and initiate protein breakdown?
The breakdown of protein initiates in stomach by the action of the stomach acid.
What is the product formed after the digestion of protein in the stomach?
Chyme, a liquid Food turns into that in the stomach and flows through the sm intestine and lrg intestine.
How is protein digested in the alimentary canal?
Protein is firstly broken in the stomach through Chloridric acid. In the small intestine, the protein is absorbed into the blood stream through the inner wall of the small intestine.
The part of alimentary canal where protein is digested?
Protein is digested both in the stomach (by pepsin and trypsin) and in the small intestine.
Is protein absorbed by the large intestine?
No, protein breakdown stats in the stomach and ends in the small intestine. The large intestine takes up the last of the water and produces waste from what is left that the body cannot use.
Is protein digestion completed in the stomach?
It starts in your mouth then moves down in your stomach work is done in your stomach it moves to your intestine and is completed in your intestine
Where does most protein digestion occur in humans?
Most protein digestion occurs in the stomach. However, further digestion of proteins also occurs in the small intestine.
Digestion of proteins?
Pepsin digest protein in the acidic environment of the stomach, Pancreatic Protease digests protein in the basic environment of the small intestine.
Does the protein digestion begin in the stomach and is it completed in the small intestine?
Yes. The digestion of protein begins in the stomach with the enzyme pepsin and ends in the small intestine using enzymes secreted by the pancreas. Once the enzymes have broken the proteins into their amino acids, they can then be absorbed by the epithelial tissue lining the small intestine.
