Question

question 23
1 pts
before the body can use protein from the diet, it must be digested into amino acids. what enzyme begins breaking proteins into single amino acids and shorter polypeptides?
pepsinogen
pepsin
protease

Explanation:

Pepsin is an enzyme in the stomach that initiates protein digestion, breaking proteins into single - amino acids and shorter polypeptides. Pepsinogen is its inactive precursor, and protease is a general term for enzymes that break down proteins, but pepsin is the specific one that starts this process in the stomach.

Answer:

B. Pepsin