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Is pepsin a digestive enzyme?


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Pepsin:

  1. Pepsin is a digestive enzyme produced by the chief cells or zymogenic cells of the stomach.
  2. It is secreted as an inactive pepsinogen enzyme.
  3. It is an acidic enzyme that functions optimally at a pH of 1.8.
  4. Pepsin helps to digest large protein molecules into smaller units.
  5. It converts proteins found in eggs, meat, seeds, or dairy products into smaller peptides (proteases and peptones) in the stomach.
  6. These smaller peptide units and amino acids are easily absorbed by the intestines.

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