Why Are Several Digestive Enzymes Secreted as Zymogens

question 42

Multiple Choice

Why are several digestive enzymes secreted as zymogens?

• A)because this saves one step in their synthesis
• B)because gastric cells do not have the necessary enzymes for their synthesis
• C)so they start digesting intracellular proteins of the gastric cells more quickly
• D)so they act only in the stomach lumen and do not digest intracellular proteins
• E)so they can start digesting dietary proteins more quickly

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