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The gastric chief cells of the stomach secrete enzymes for protein breakdown (inactive pepsinogen, and in infancy rennin). Hydrochloric acid activates pepsinogen into the enzyme pepsin, which then helps digestion by breaking the bonds linking amino acids, a process known as proteolysis.
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One important component of gastric juice is pepsin.Pepsin is the chief digestive enzyme in the stomach that breaks down proteins.W e see that chief cells produce pepsinogen . Pepsinogen is converted to pepsin when the parietal cells found within the gastric glands secrete hydrochloric acid..
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