Name the enzyme secreted by gastric glands in the stomach that acts on proteins.
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*The enzyme secreted by stomach on proteins is pepsin... actually it is in inactive form called pepsinogen which due to hydrochloric acid converts into the active pepsin.... *
Pepsin, secreted as pepsinogen by chief cells, is the enzyme in the stomach responsible for beginning the digestion of proteins into smaller peptides in the acidic environment caused by hydrochloric acid. ;
The enzyme responsible for acting on proteins in the stomach is pepsin, which is secreted as pepsinogen by chief cells. The activation of pepsinogen to pepsin is triggered by the acidic environment created by hydrochloric acid. Pepsin plays a crucial role in breaking down proteins for absorption later in the digestive system.
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