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What best describes the structure of pepsin?​

a. ​carbohydrate
b. ​protein
c. ​nucleic acid
d. sterol​
e. ​lipid?

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Protein best describes the structure of pepsin. Pepsin helps digest protein. It breaks down the protein through a process known as denaturation. The proteins lose their structure during this process through stress and breaks it is broken down into peptides or polypeptides.
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