In the stomach, proteins are cleaved into amino acids by aminopeptidases.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Proteins are broken down to peptide fragments in the stomach by pepsin, and in the small intestine by the proteases trypsin and chymotrypsin.

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