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Question
Identity labels A and B in the following chemical reactions and selects the correct option given below.
| (i) | Pepsinogen (inactive enzyme) | \[\ce{->[A]}\] |
Pepsin (active enzyme) |
| (ii) | Proteins | \[\ce{->[B][acidic medium]}\] | Peptones + Proteoses |
Options
A - HCI, B - ptyalin
A - mucus, B - chymotrypsin
A - HCl, B - pepsin
A - ptyalin, B - trypsin
MCQ
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Solution
A - HCl, B - pepsin
Explanation:
Inactive Pepsinogen is activated into pepsin by HCL produced by gastric glands. Pepsin acts on proteins in the stomach and breaks into proteases and peptones.
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