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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