What is the function of hcl secreted by stomach???
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HCl is one of the gastric juices secreted by stomach.
HCl converts the inactive enzyme pepsinogen into its active form pepsin. Pepsin digests proteins and breaks them into amino acids.
HCl also kills harmful pathogens or particles in our food when it reaches the stomach through the gastrointestinal duct.
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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 aids digestion by breaking the amino acid bonds, a process called proteolysis.
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