Describe the role of Hydrochloric acid in stomach?
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Hydrochloric acid contributes to protein digestion by supplying H+ which activates pepsinogen, the precursor to pepsin. Pepsinogen is secreted by chief cells in the gastric glands of the body and antrum of the stomach.
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HCL is produced by the parietal cells of the stomach. To begin with, water and carbon dioxide combine within the parietal cell cytoplasm to produce carbonic acid catalysed by carbonic anhydrase
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