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Why does hydrochloric acid stop the action of salivary amylase

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Answered by nikhilesh26
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The HCl in the stomach denatures salivary amylase and other proteins by breaking down the structure and, thus, the function of it. HCl also converts pepsinogen to the active enzyme pepsin. Pepsin is a protease, meaning that it cleaves bonds in proteins.

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