Question

What is pepsin
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Answer 1

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. A low pH (1.5 to 2) activates pepsin.

Answer 2

Answer:

pepsin

Explanation:

         the chief digestive enzyme in the stomach which breaks down proteins into polypeptides