Question

Pepsin is the name of a chemical found in the stomach. Pepsin attaches to proteins found in chicken and steak , and helps speed up breaking those proteins down into amino acids . Based on this information, what kind of molecule could you conclude that pepsin is ?

Answer 1

aspartic protease

Step-by-step explanation:

Pepsin is an aspartic protease, using a catalytic aspartate in its active site. It is also one of three principal proteases in the human digestive system, the other two being chymotrypsin and trypsin.

chymotrypsin

a digestive enzyme which breaks down proteins in the small intestine. It is secreted by the pancreas and converted into an active form by trypsin.

trypsin

a digestive enzyme which breaks down proteins in the small intestine, secreted by the pancreas as trypsinogen.