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Which enzyme initiates the digestion of proteins?
  1. Trypsin
  2. Pepsin
  3. Amino peptidase
  4. Carboxy peptidase

A
Pepsin
B
Amino peptidase
C
Carboxy peptidase
D
Trypsin
Solution
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Protein digestion first begins in the stomach, where pepsinogen is converted to active form pepsin, by hydrochloric acid. Pepsin breaks proteins down into polypeptides. Thus the correct answer is option B.

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