HCI present in the gastric juice helps in digestion by converting

Prorenin to renin

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Pepsinogen to pepsin

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Proteins to peptides

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Both A and C

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Solution

The correct option is C Pepsinogen to pepsin
The gastric juice which consists pepsin, HCl and mucus secreted from the gastric gland in the wall of the stomach. HCl in the juice provides an acidic condition to the food. When pepsinogen (inactive enzyme) comes in contact with acidic food it becomes active i.e., pepsin. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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