It depends. The enzymes may be less efficient or stop working completely, it's the best answer I can give for such a general question.
Proteins can denature with pH extremes. As the pH of stomach acid, e.g. hydrochloric acid, is 1 to 2, it is quite acidic and ingested proteins can denature within the stomach although I would stop short of saying that it is a function of the stomach.
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pH is one of major factors that affect the enzyme. Enzymes only work in a specific pH. When a pH of that region is lower or higher than the required pH, it denatures and does not work. An example of this is amylase. Amylase is an enzyme inside a mouth that breaks down carbohydrates. The mouth is slightly basic, and that creates the perfect environment and the perfect pH that amylase works in. When amylase is taken down to the stomach where the pH is very acidic, amylase does not work anymore and the body has to rely on another enzyme that works in a more acidic environment to continue to break the food down.
Enzymes in saliva, such as amylase, primarily break down starches into sugars. These enzymes get inactivated by stomach acid, as the acidic environment disrupts their structure and ability to function effectively. Therefore, their activity decreases once they reach the stomach, where the acidic pH is around 2.
Carbohydrate digestion happens mostly in the mouth and esophagus, surprisingly. This combines with the fact that the enzymes in saliva that cause digestion stop functioning when they reach the stomach.
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Take papaya enzymes. You can find them at vitamin stores.
Enzymes stop working at high teperatures during photosynthesis because the heat changes their shape. If the enzymes shape is altered then it can not catalize what it is supposed to.
It depends. The enzymes may be less efficient or stop working completely, it's the best answer I can give for such a general question.
The enzymes will stop working because they only work in certain temperatures.
Enzymes don't stop bleeding, blood platelets do by forming clots.
Swish a mouthful of salt water around your mouth--it'll burn at first, but the prickling should stop. Fresh pineapple contains enzymes that are commonly extracted and used in meat tenderizers, and salt inactivates them and should stop the stinging.
your stomach has special lining and mucus to stop your acid from destroying it.
Digestive system consists of many organs; both large and small. Different organs have different functions and hence, play their part when necessary. Now if the digestive system was to stop working, then the organs taking part in the digestion process should stop working as well. Here are the list of organs along with their major functions during in digestion: > Mouth [chewing], > Salivary glands [lubrication of food], > Oesophagus [transportation of bolus from mouth to stomach], > Lungs [metabolism; oxygen from lungs helps in the breakdown of food materials/ bolus], > Stomach [major digestion point], > Liver [produce digestive juices], > Pancreas [produce enzymes], > Gall Bladder [bile production], > Small Intestine [major food absorption], > Large Intestine [water absorption and excretion of solid waste materials], > Rectum [let the person know about the evacuation of stool and holding it till evacuation], > Anus [control of stool evacuation with the help of sphincter muscles] So basically, if the digestive system was to stop working, then the above given organs along with some other (unmentioned) organs have to stop as well. The result might be horrifying. But a logical result will be choking, hormones deficiency, loss of weight, thirst, imbalance in immune system, etc and maybe more graver conditions.