Biology, asked by Anonymous, 1 year ago

What is enzyme pepsin

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Answered by Anonymous

Pepsin is a proteolytic enzyme present in gastric juice.

Anonymous: thnku

priyankabisht880: Pesin digest the protein into peptones

Anonymous: aaa i know i got it

n8100020: pepsin helps in the digestion of protein

Anonymous: ok bye

Anonymous: aa i know it helps in the digestion of protein into peptide

arifahsas4040: Pepsin is an enzyme which is present in the stomach and it's inactive form is called pepsinogen. It helps in breakdown of proteins into peptides. It is a digestive enzyme.

Answered by ratneshyadav85

Pepsin is released by gastric glands in order to digest protiens in the stomach

With Pepsin, HCl is also released which creates an acidic medium to facilitate the action of pepsin

Hope this helps

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Anonymous: is it creatrs an acidic medium

Anonymous: acidic medium is created by hcl know

Anonymous: so that acidic medium is given by hcl?

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