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#Question id: 11970


Why do the cells of the digestive system secrete proteolytic enzymes, such as pepsin, in their inactive forms?

#SCPH28 | Zoology
  1. These proteolytic enzymes, in active form, would digest the very tissues that synthesize them.
  2. By secreting inactive enzymes, the catalytic activity of the enzymes is maintained for a longer time.
  3. The stomach is too acidic to maintain these enzymes in their active form.
  4. Inactive pepsin and trypsin are more easily transported across the cell membrane