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An experiment carried out to find the optimum pH for the pancreatic enzyme trypsin to work in.
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An experiment carried out to find the optimum pH for t he pancreatic enzyme trypsin to work in An experiment carried out to find the optimum pH for t he pancreatic enzyme trypsin to work in Hypothesis I predict that the optimum working pH for the enzyme trypsin will be pH 8, I think this because the conditions in the duodenum would be slightly alkali making pH 8 a good estimate. Enzymes act as an organic catalyst in the body, helping to speed up digestion. Enzymes have an optimum working temperature and an optimum pH to which they work best at, if the temperature or pH starts either fall or rise the Enzyme will start to become de-natured as ionic and hydrogen bonds begin to break, you can see from the diagram below an enzyme working at optimum pH/temperature. The enzyme trypsin is one of the many protease, which break down protein in the...
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