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Gastric enzyme pepsin acts only in acidic medium with in a limited pH concentration.
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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.
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Pepsin is a critical component of gastric juices that helps break down food particles in the stomach. Without pepsin, the body would be unable to digest proteins
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Why it’s important<div>Pepsin is a critical component of gastric juices that helps break down food particles in the stomach. Without pepsin, the body would be unable to digest proteins</div>
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In chickens, pepsin is an enzyme in the proventriculus (glandular stomach) that breaks down proteins in food:
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