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pepsin is an enzyme in the stomach specific to proteins sucrose is a di-sacaride ie sugar not a protein common this is easy stuff think about it each substrate has a specific enzyme this is extremely basic stuff don't consider a career in biochemistry buddy

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anti-pepsin is secreted to neutralise the action of pepsin so no digestion can take place.

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What simpler substances are proteins digested in to?

Pepsin


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The part of alimentary canal where protein is digested?

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In the stomach the protein is digested by?

That is a proteolytic enzyme. Name of the enzyme is pepsin. It is secreted as inactive pepsinogen, which become active when it comes in contact with the hydrochloric acid, in the stomach.


What type of nutrient is digested by pepsin in the stomach?

Pepsin in important for the digestion of protein. The enzyme is created in the stomach and breaks down the collagen protein.


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.


What is pepsin responsible for?

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.


What happens to egg white pepsin and hydrochloric acid after 6 hours?

The protein in the egg white gets digested.


What class of food does the enzyme secreted by stomach act on?

Proteins are the nutrients that are digested by the enzyme pepsin, sectreted by the stomach.


How does proteins get digested in human body?

Pepsin starts digestion of proteins by breaking down the many of polypeptides into shorter peptides.


What are digested proteins called?

Proteins are obtained from nutrients of food. They starts to digest in stomach by proteases such as pepsin, trypsin in to peptides. These small peptides later digested further to form amino acids after complete digestion.