Describe the process of digestion of protein in the stomach.
In the stomach the inactive proenzyme pepsinogen when acted upon by hydrochloric acid gets converted into active enzyme pepsin which coverts protein into proteoses and peptides. Renin is another enzyme, which is present in gastric juice of infants and this helps in the digestion of milk protein.
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