MEDICAL
GALLBLADDER AND EXCRETORY SYSTEM OF THE LIVER
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Question
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Which enzyme is added to the stomach to break down proteins?
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Pepsin
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Lipase
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Amylase
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Protease
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Explanation:
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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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: -Pepsin /ˈpɛpsɪn/ is an endopeptidase that breaks down proteins into smaller peptides. It is produced in the gastric chief cells of the stomach lining and is one of the main digestive enzymes in the digestive systems of humans and many other animals, where it helps digest the proteins in food.
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