Question

what is the role of HCL in protein digestion?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Hydrochloric acid contributes to protein digestion by supplying H+ which activates pepsinogen, the precursor to pepsin. ...Proteins are reduced to fragments of various sizes, called peptides, or amino acids, by pepsin so they can eventually be absorbed in the small intestine.

Answer 2

Answer:it creates an acidic environment in stomach which activates the enzyme pepsin which converts protein to prepton, because pepsin do not gets activated until it gets an acidic environment.

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