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INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF COPPER SULPHATE ON PEPSIN ACTIVITY Plan: Pepsin is the main protease found in the stomach of mammals and other animals; the mammalian enzyme is sometimes called called gastric pepsin as opposed to other similar bacterial and fungal enzymes. Pepsin is first made by the body as an inactive form called pepsinogen and only becomes active when it is secreted by cells lining the stomach. Pepsin will digest a range of plant and animal proteins, including albumen, a protein found in the egg white of chicken eggs. Copper sulphate is a simple molecule which can have an adverse effect on the activity of some enzymes. Molecules which do this are referred to as inhibitors, as they inhibit a reaction's progress. Copper sulphate is called a heavy metal inhibitor, as copper is a relatively large metal atom. There are two types of inhibitors in biology. One type is called a competitive inhibitor,...

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