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 Optimum pH required for pepsin to act is

 

Option: 1

4.8

 


Option: 2

6.9

 


Option: 3

1.8

 


Option: 4

5.4

 


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Process of Digestion: In Stomach -

 
  • The stomach stores food for 4-5 hours. 
  • The food mixes thoroughly with the acidic gastric juice in the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall and is called the chyme.
  • The proenzyme pepsinogen, on exposure to hydrochloric acid, gets converted into the active enzyme pepsin, the proteolytic enzymes of the stomach. 
  • Pepsin converts proteins into proteases and peptones (peptides). 
  • The mucus and bicarbonates present in the gastric juice play an important role in lubrication and protection of the mucosal epithelium from excoriation by the highly concentrated hydrochloric acid. 
  • HCl provides the acidic pH (pH 1.8) optimal for pepsin. 
  • Rennin is a proteolytic enzyme found in gastric juice of infants which helps in the digestion of milk proteins. 
  • Small amounts of lipases are also secreted by gastric glands.

HCl provides the acidic pH (pH 1.8) optimal for pepsin. Hence, the correct answer is option c.

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