NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-2: -23.1) Pepsin, the first animal enzyme discovered (Florkin, 1957), is an acidic protease that catalyzes the breakdown of proteins into peptides in the stomach, while it does not digest the body’s own proteins.

Detailed explanation-3: -The function of the pepsin enzyme is to digest proteins found in ingested food. Pepsin works in the highly acidic conditions of the stomach. Trypsin is also a digestive enzyme that helps us digest proteins by breaking down proteins into smaller peptides.

Detailed explanation-4: -Final answer: Enzyme pepsin changes Protein into proteoses and peptones.