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Which is not found in the mouth pepsin or ptyalin?

Pepsin is not found in mouth!


What food does pepsin begin to breakdown?

Pepsin begins the digetion of Protein. Pepsin is found in the stomach.


What enzymes are found in the stomach?

an enzyme found in the stomach is PEPSIN


Which enzymes found in gastric juices?

Pepsin


What organic compounds found in the stomach?

Pepsin is an example.


What are some enzymes found in the digestive system?

Pancreatic amylase Lipase Pepsin Salivary amylase Maltase Rennin (younger version of pepsin mostly found in babies)


Where in the body is pepsin produced?

it is found in the stomach of diffrent animals


What substances are contained in the gastric juice?

It contains of hydrochloric acid and 2 enzymes, pepsin and rennin. the acidity of hydrochloric acid helps in activating pepsinogen and prorennin(the inactive form of pepsin and rennin respectively)


What is chemical found in the stomach needed to activate pepsinogen to pepsin?

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is the chemical found in the stomach that is needed to activate pepsinogen to its active form, pepsin. HCl creates an acidic environment in the stomach that enables pepsinogen to undergo a conformational change and become pepsin, which is essential for protein digestion.


What part is pepsin in your body?

Pepsin is an enzyme that is found in the stomach. It plays a key role in breaking down proteins into smaller peptides for digestion. Pepsin is produced by the chief cells in the stomach lining and activated in the acidic environment of the stomach.


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