And thatâs it (finally!) for our list of vegetables with pods; naturally, we will have missed some. Soâif thereâs a veggie you think belongs here, please get in touch. And when youâre in the mood for more veggies, drop by again. Weâre already working on our next list of vegetables (bulb and stem veggies).
7 For general digestion of proteins, suggestedconditions are a 0.4% solution of pepsin in10 mM HCl, and digestion for 30-90 minutes at 37 Â°C.Pepsin has optimal activity with native proteins atapproximately pH 1.0, but with some denaturedproteins the optimal activity is at approximatelypH 1.5-3.5.
Pepsin is the main gastric enzyme. It is produced by the stomach cells called chief cells in its inactive form pepsinogen, which is a zymogen. Pepsinogen is then activated by the stomach acid into its active form, pepsin. Pepsin breaks down the protein in the food into smaller particles, such as peptide fragments and amino acids. Protein digestion, therefore, first starts in the stomach, unlike carbohydrate and lipids, which start their digestion in the mouth.