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serg [7]
3 years ago
7

Pepsin enzymes can then digest dietary ____________ in the lumen of the stomach

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mart [117]3 years ago
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Pepsin enzymes can then digest dietary proteins in the lumen of the stomach. Pepsin in a protease digesting the proteins into smaller peptides. It is produced by the chief cells of the stomach in the form of a proenzyme called pepsinogen. A proenzyme or a zymogen is basically inactive and needs a biochemical change to become an active enzyme. This biochemical change is brought about by the acidic environment of the stomach by the secretion of the hydrochloric acid by the parietal cells in the stomach lining.

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