Gastric Enzymes produced by Chief Cells
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Gastric Enzymes Produced by Chief Cells:
Chymosin/Gastric Lipase/Pepsid
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Active pepsin can also cleave off pepsinogen resulting in ________ (more/less) active pepsin
Gastric Lipase
digests fats (important in milk digestion in infants)
Chymosin
-coagulates proteins (esp. in milk) -aka 'renin' (used to make cheese)
Pepsin
-enzyme for protein digestion -protease which begins the process of disassembling proteins into shorter chains of amino acids that CAN be absorbed by the intestines
Pepsinogen
Pepsin is first secreted as _______________ (an inactivated form of the enzyme)
Chief Cells
Secrete pepsinogen into the stomach where it mixes with HCl.
HCl & Pepsin
Which enzymes cleave pepsinogen into Pepsin?
