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The optimal pH for trypsin is 8. It is found in the small intestine and digests proteins and polypeptides there.

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What pH level does trypsin work best?

Trypsin works best at a pH level of around 7-9. It is most active in slightly alkaline conditions. Changes in pH can affect the activity and stability of trypsin.


Which enzymes work best in acid?

trypsin


How does pH affect enzyme activity Use the enzymes pepsin and trypsin as examples?

Enzymes work within a range of pH levels. Pepsin, which is found in the stomach works in an acidic environment, while trypsin functions in a basic surrounding in the intestines. Increasing or decreasing the pH levels can stop the activity of these enzymes.


What is the optimum pH for typsin?

The optimum pH for trypsin is typically around pH 8. Trypsin works best in slightly alkaline conditions because it is a serine protease that cleaves peptide bonds at the carboxyl end of basic amino acids like arginine and lysine. Deviations from this pH may result in decreased enzyme activity.


What did the sodium carbonate do to the action of trypsin?

Sodium carbonate can increase the pH of a solution. In the case of trypsin, which functions optimally at a slightly basic pH, adding sodium carbonate can help maintain the enzyme's activity by providing the suitable pH conditions for its function.


What pH does amylase works best with?

Most human enzymes work at a optimal pH of 7.4, but other enzymes work at many different pH ranges, for example Pepsin works best at an optimal pH of 2.6 and Trypsin works best at an optimal pH of 7.8.


Is the optimal pH of trypsin acidic or basic?

The optimum PH of pepsin ranges between 1.0 and 4.0. Pepsin exhibits about 90 percent of the maximum activity and about 35% of the maximum activity.


If pepsin and trypsin had to function together what pH would produce the highest activity?

It will function at about around the pH of 2.5.


Compare the optimum pH levels for trypsin and pepsin. how is the optimal pH level of pepsin relevant to it's particular location in the body?

pepsin is found in the stomach and the pH there is 2 while trypsin is found in the small intestine (duodenum and jejunum) and the pH there is 8-9. Thus, the optimum pH levels for pepsin and trypsin are 2 and 8-9 respectively.


Can pepsin and trypsin function in the same environment-?

no they can not because they at completely different pH levels.


What is the effect of pH upon the relative enzyme activity?

Different enzymes work best at different pH. This is refered to as the ideal pH for the enzyme. For example, the digestive enzyme trypsin works best at an acidic pH while alkaline phosphatase works best at a basic pH. Therefore, enzyme activity varies with pH and this variation depends on the enzyme being studied


All enzymes act best at a pH close neutral?

This is not true. Different enzymes thrive in completely different pH conditions. Consider the protease pepsin, which works in the stomach. It breaks down proteins in acidities as low as pH 2. In the duodenum, lipase works best in slightly alkaline conditions.