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Protein digestion occurs mainly in the stomach and also in the small intestine.
When protein food is eaten and enters the stomach, the hydrochloric acid in the stomach "denatures" the protein. This means it starts to break the protein down into short chains of amino acids joined together (peptide chains).
This is also when the the hydrochloric acid (HCl) also activates an enzyme called pepsin to participate in the break-down of the protein.
After this, the broken down protein enters into the small intestine where it is further broken down into the di-peptides (2 amino acids joined together) by pancreatic enzymes and then into its individual amino acids by other pancreatic enzymes.
The amino acids are absorbed through the small intestine and travel in the blood stream into the liver.
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How protein is digested?
Protein is digested by resting
What are the smaller molecules made when protein carbohydrate and protein are digested?
Protein is digested to form amino acids. Lipids are digested to fatty acids. Carbohydrates are digested to glucose and other simple sugars.
Is protein digestable?
Protein is digested by resting
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.
What does protein get digested into?
Amino acids
What does the body break digested protein into?
The body breaks digested proteins into amino acids
What substrate is digested by enzym protease?
Protein
How is protein digested by the mouth?
When you chew, you activate the salivary glands which breakdown protein in the food.
Why rice is more easily digested than meat?
Carbohydrates are more easily digested than protein.
What is digested protein used for in the body?
What is digested protein used for in the body? Well i think it is when you eat something and then it goes through your body until you have a very lage poo!
Which food substances would be digested by the enzymes in the stomach?
protein
What are protiens digested into?
They are digested into your mom
