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Title: How does pH affect enzyme activity? what does pepsin and trypsin have to do with it? Post by: ilindsey05 on Sep 7, 2012 just want to know what the question implies but any extra or specific information about the inner workings of these things would be nice
Title: How does pH affect enzyme activity? what does pepsin and trypsin have to do with it? Post by: smnam on Sep 7, 2012 http://www.worthington-biochem.com/introbiochem/effectsph.html
here you go! PH's can alter enzyme activity and/or denature the enzyme meaning it will not work Title: How does pH affect enzyme activity? what does pepsin and trypsin have to do with it? Post by: lexitolbert on Sep 7, 2012 Most enzymes will only function within a very specific pH range. Any pH outside that range will destroy the enzyme's function by disrupting its structure. Pepsin will only function at a pH of about 1.5-2 (in the stomach); trypsin functions in the duodenum, where the pH is about 8-8.5.
Title: How does pH affect enzyme activity? what does pepsin and trypsin have to do with it? Post by: buddyhal on Sep 7, 2012 Because if an enzyme is not at the optimum ph then it can begin to denatured and the chemical reaction cannot accur.. 1-6.9 is where ph is on a ph scale. 1 being the strong and 6.9 being weak.
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