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Where within the GI tract does protein digestion begin? Where is protein digestion completed?

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Pepsins are digestive enzymes of the stomach. These enzymes are the ones that begin the digestion of the proteins giving rise there initially to the formation of polypeptides, oligopeptides and some amino acids.

The digestion of proteins is completed in the small intestine.

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