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Why is pepsin considered the most important enzyme in the gastric juice?
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Pepsin is an enzyme released by the?
pepsin is a enzyme secreted by the gastric glands
Name the most important enzyme in gastric juice and explain its function?
pepsin
The most important digestive enzyme in gastric juice is?
Pepsin - it breaks proteins into peptide fragments
What is the most important enzyme in gastric juice?
Pepsin is the most important enzyme in gastric juice. It begins the digestion of nearly all types of dietary protein into polypeptides. (Originates from the inactive form pepsinogen)
What enzyme contained in gastric juice?
Protease (pepsin) plus hydrochloric acid
Location and function of pepsin?
pepsin is a proteolytic enzyme present in the gastric glands.it hydrolyses proteins into peptones.
What is the gastric enzyme that acts on proteins?
The proteolytic or protein eating enzyme of the stomach is called pepsin. Pepsin is secreted into the stomach as a zymogen (or inactive enzyme precursor) called pepsinogen which is converted into the active enzyme form by the hydrochloric acid and low pH in the gastric juices.
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 pepsionogen?
this is the proenzyme of pepsin , which is a protein digesting enzyme. pepsinogen is secreted by gastric mucosal cell
Do animals have pepsin?
Pepsin is the powerful enzyme in gastric juice that digests proteins such as those in meat, eggs, seeds, or dairy products in the stomach. Since animals have stomachs, they therefore have pepsin.
Enzyme found in gastric juices?
the enzyme found in gastric juice is Pepsinogenand it only works in an acidic environment (hydrochloric acid is in the stomach)then when that enzyme gets mixed with the hydrochloric acid it creates pepsin and pepsin breaks down proteins into amino acid chainsthere are also other enzymes like:HClReninPepsinogenGelatinaseGastric AmylaseGastric Lipase
What does the enzyme pepsin digest?
Pepsin breaks down proteins into peptides and is found in the stomach, its secreted from the gastric glands found in the lining of the stomach.
