No. Pepsin is the active form of a protein manufactured in the stomach called pepsinogen. In order to become active, it has to come into contact with HCl (hydrochloric acid). HCl isn't present in your mouth (I hope!), so pepsinogen, even if it WERE in your mouth, could never become active there.
No, the pepsin enzyme is located in the stomach, the enzymes amylase and lipase are found in saliva in the mouth
No. Pepsin is the active form of a protein manufactured in the stomach called pepsinogen. In order to become active, it has to come into contact with HCl(hydrochloric acid). HCl isn't present in your mouth (I hope!), so pepsinogen, even if it WERE in your mouth, could never become active there.
Pepsin is not found in mouth!
pepsin would work best at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 C) because it is the average normal body temperature.
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Pepsin activity would decrease and at a very low temperature pepsin would be inactive.
what organic compound does pepsin catalyze
Pepsin activity would decrease and at a very low temperature pepsin would be inactive.
Pepsin activity would decrease. At a very low temperature pepsin would be inactive.
Protein digestion requires the presence of both pepsin and HCl because pepsin needs an acidic environment to be able to "work" or do its job. Pepsin needs an environment with a pH around 2, which is roughly the pH of HCl. Therefore, HCl aids pepsin in protien digestions by creating an optimal environment for pepsin to work and digest proteins.
the pepsin would become innactive
the pepsin would become innactive
Because Pepsin is the active form of a protein manufactured in the stomach.
amylase = starch, digestion starts in the mouth, pepsin = protein, starts in the stomachlysosomes.