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What macromolecules is first broken down in the stomach?

Proteins are the macromolecules that are first broken down in the stomach. The enzyme pepsin helps to break down proteins into smaller peptides.


Pepsin is necessary for the stomach to break down?

Pepsin is necessary to break down various proteins.


What do pepsin and amzlase break down?

Pepsin breaks down the proteins with the help of HCL. Pepsin works quicker nd better when the food is acidic, HCl makes the food acidic and helps pepsin break down Protein in food.


What does the pepsin help the body do?

Pepsin helps the body break down protein in the human body.


What does Pepsin help the body?

Pepsin helps the body break down protein in the human body.


What is a chemical that helps break down food?

Pepsin =)


Why enzyme like pepsin only break down proteins and not other molecules?

The enzymes like pepsin break down the proteins and not the other molecules because they are themselves protein.


Is pepsin produced by the pancreas?

Pepsin is an enzyme whose responsibility it is to break down proteins in the body. Pepsin is not produced by the pancreas; it is produced by the stomach.


Is pepsin a polypeptide?

Pepsinogen is the proenzyme of pepsin. Pepsinogen is inactive, it is metabolized into the enzyme pepsin which break down proteins into small molecules.


Which cells produce pepsin which break down proteins?

enzymes


What gland produces pepsin in the human body?

No Gland produces Pepsin, however the Stomach produces Pepsin to break down proteins when you eat a steak for example.


What are Lysosmoes are responsible for?

it has the digestive enzymes which break down the macromolecules