why is pepsinogen converted into pepsin
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❥Pepsinogen is converted to pepsin when the parietal cells found within the gastric glands secrete hydrochloric acid. The presence of hydrochloric acid creates an acidic environment within the stomach that is needed to convert pepsinogen to pepsin.
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Most proteins begin digestion in the stomach. Cells of the stomach secrete the inactive zymogen pepsinogen, which is an enzyme that is activated by HCl. In its active form, pepsinogen is called pepsin. Pepsin breaks the peptide bonds that link amino acids
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