What is the role of the acid in our stomach?
Hydrochloric acid is present in the gastric juice secreted by the gastric gland which helps in the breakdown of the food. When the food enters in the stomach, contraction and expansion of muscles of the wall of stomach brings churning movement which leads to the mixing of the food with the help of gastric juice (mixture of hydrochloric acid, pepsinogen, prorennin, lipase and mucus) secreted by gastric glands.
Hydrochloric acid helps in to disinfect the food by killing of bacteria, stops the action of the salivary amylase. It converts the pepsinogen to pepsin in the active form and convert prorenin with the addition of HCL gives the end product Rennin. It produces appropriate, i.e, low hydrogen ion concentration for about 1- 2 acidic pH for the protein digestion and the food digestion. It moistens the food and helps in the breakdown of the larger food molecules; also denatures the many food proteins which increases the exposure of the peptide bond to the pepsin.
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