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The Effect of pH on Pectinase
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The Effect of pH on Pectinase Hypothesis I plan to investigate the effects of varying pH on the enzyme 'Pectinase'. I will test the yield of apple juice from a set amount of pureed apple at different pH. I think the optimum pH for pectinase is likely to be around pH 5, an acidic pH, as many commercial pectinases are produced from fungi. Before I look at the structure of pectinase, first it would seem sensible to look at the substrate that pectinase will be working on, Pectin. Starch and Pectin are very similar molecules. Starch and Pectin are both polysaccharides. However in Pectin the repeating unit is not glucose as in starch, but galacturonic acid. Galacturonic acid is very similar to glucose, except that the carbon with CH2-OH attached in glucose is replaced by a -COOH in galacturonic acid (shown below). Bonds between carbon 1 of the first galacturonic...
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