Protein digestion begins in the stomach under the influence of pepsin; it continues in the duodenal lumen under the influence of pancreatic proteolytic enzymes; and it is completed intracellularly in the small intestinal brush border.

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Protein digestion does indeed begin in the stomach with the help of pepsin, continues in the small intestine with pancreatic proteolytic enzymes and eventually completed in the small intestinal brush border.

Protein Digestion Begins in the Stomach Under the Influence of Pepsin;