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NEET 2006 Chemistry question

ChemistryBiomoleculesNEET 2006

During the process of digestion, the proteins present in food materials are hydrolysed to amino acids. The two enzymes involved in the process: are respectively-

Answer: (3)

Solution

Digestion of proteins begins in the stomach, where pepsin (in acidic medium) hydrolyses proteins to smaller polypeptides (peptones). In the intestine, trypsin (a pancreatic protease, along with other peptidases) breaks the polypeptides further into

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