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Pepsin is an enzyme (protein) that is found in the human stomach. It is one of the primary digestive enzymes. Pepsin works best at a pH of 1.5-1.6. What do you think happens to pepsin when it moves into the small intestine where the pH is 6?

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Hey there! Its going to increase because the acid and the digestive enzyme found in the stomach.



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it increases the pH because the of the acid and the lining of the small intestine
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