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functions of pepsin​

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Answered by gaikwadarahat
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Pepsin is a stomach enzyme that serves to digest proteins found in ingested food. Gastric chief cells secrete pepsin as an inactive zymogen called pepsinogen. Parietal cells within the stomach lining secrete hydrochloric acid that lowers the pH of the stomach

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Answered by 3shivani
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Pepsin is an enzyme which helps to digest proteins found in ingested food .

It is found in gastric juice which is secreted by stomach . It works only in acidic medium.

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