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What is pepsinogen and how does it helps in digestion of protein ? ​

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What is pepsinogen and how does it helps in digestion of protein ? ​-example-1
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Pepsinogen is a powerful and abundant protein digestive enzyme secreted by the gastric chief cells as a proenzyme and then converted by gastric acid in the gastric lumen to the active enzyme pepsin.

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The role of pepsin and its precursor in protein digestion was first described in the 19th century.

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