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No. Pepsin is the active form of a protein manufactured in the stomach called pepsinogen. In order to become active, it has to come into contact with HCl (hydrochloric acid). HCl isn't present in your mouth (I hope!), so pepsinogen, even if it WERE in your mouth, could never become active there.
No, the pepsin enzyme is located in the stomach, the enzymes amylase and lipase are found in saliva in the mouth
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∙ 11y agoNo. Pepsin is the active form of a protein manufactured in the stomach called pepsinogen. In order to become active, it has to come into contact with HCl(hydrochloric acid). HCl isn't present in your mouth (I hope!), so pepsinogen, even if it WERE in your mouth, could never become active there.
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Which is not found in the mouth pepsin or ptyalin?
Pepsin is not found in mouth!
What type of environment does pepsin work best?
pepsin would work best at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 C) because it is the average normal body temperature.
Pepsin functions best in what part of the digestive system?
mouth
What effect would decreased incubation temperatures have on pepsin?
Pepsin activity would decrease and at a very low temperature pepsin would be inactive.
What organic compound does pepsin work to catalyze?
what organic compound does pepsin catalyze
What effect would decrease incubation temperature have on pepsin activity?
Pepsin activity would decrease and at a very low temperature pepsin would be inactive.
What effect would decreased incubation temperature have on pepsin activity and why?
Pepsin activity would decrease. At a very low temperature pepsin would be inactive.
Why does protein digestion require the presence of both pepsin and HCl?
Protein digestion requires the presence of both pepsin and HCl because pepsin needs an acidic environment to be able to "work" or do its job. Pepsin needs an environment with a pH around 2, which is roughly the pH of HCl. Therefore, HCl aids pepsin in protien digestions by creating an optimal environment for pepsin to work and digest proteins.
What would most likely happen to pepsin that traveled with the food from the stomach to the small intestines?
the pepsin would become innactive
What would most likely happen to pepsin enzyme that traveled with the food from the stomach to the small intestines?
the pepsin would become innactive
Why would you predict the pepsin would not digest starch?
Because Pepsin is the active form of a protein manufactured in the stomach.
What are the enzymes that digest your food?
amylase = starch, digestion starts in the mouth, pepsin = protein, starts in the stomachlysosomes.
