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Pepsin is a proteolytic enzyme that plays an important role in the digestion process.
It hydrolyzes the peptide bond to release small peptides
Pepsin
Proteins -------> Small peptides
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The optimum pH for pepsin function is 1.5 to 2.
Test your knowledge: 1. pH of our stomach is 2. Your stomach produces an enzyme called...
4.) The enzyme, pepsin, is one that hudrolvess proteins in the stomach, where the pH Is aboun 2 due to stomach acidx, into individual amino acids a) What would you expect to happen so the activity of the enzyme pepsin when in exits the stomach and enters the small imestine where the pi is about ? b.) Amylase is found in saliva where hydrolysis of starches begins. What would you expeet to happen to the activity of the enryme amylase...
When you drink a cup of milk, what happens to the protein in the milk after it has been swallowed? To describe these processes, you must be able to use the vocabulary effectively. FILL IN THE BLANKS tripeptide is the active form of a digestive enzyme in the stomach that breaks polypeptide chains into smaller acid group polypeptides. dipeptide 2. Cleavage of proteins by pepsin in the stomach results in formation of which get broken down amino acids further in...
When you drink a cup of milk, what happens to the protein in the milk after it has been swallowed? To describe these processes, you must be able to use the vocabulary effectiv Match the words in the left column to the appropriate blanks in the sentences on the right. View Available Hint(s) Reset Help proteases is the active form of the digestive enzyme pepsinogen. portal vein , which get dipeptide 2. Cleavage of proteins by pepsin in the stomach...
POSTLAB QUESTIONS Name: Masa Ahmad 1. What were the optimal pH, temperature and enzyme concentration for catalase? 2. Define the term denatured. Denatured is the Breaking the bonds on the molecules such as proteins 3. Which condition tested in lab denatured the catalase? 4. Why does product production slow down over time, even at optimal pH, temperature and enzyme concentration? 5. Amylase is an enzyme that is produced in human salivary glands and secreted into the mouth to aid in...
Digestion Crossword #2 Complete the puzzle using the clues shown below. MITH TUID Across 3. Muscular contractions that result in mixing of the contents of the digestive tract. 5. What whole proteins are eventually broken down to 6. One of two types of changes that occur during digestion. 7 The sphincter that prevents stomach contents from re-entering the esophagus. 9. The name for the inside of the tube of the gastrointestinal tract. 10. Process of taking nutrients into the body....
Bindicate the CORRECT statements about digestion and the secretory activity of the stomach. 1) the secretion of hydrochloric acid by the parietal cells of gastric glands requires the enzyme carbonio anhydrase 2) the cells of gastric glands secrete digestive enzymes that break down the glycosidio bonds of starch 3) the "intrinsic factor activates the formation of pepsin by pepsinogen 4) the chief cells of gastrio glands synthesize and secrete pepsinogen 5) the chief cells of gastric glands synthesize and secrete...
26) The endocrine gland that produces epinephrine is the A) ovary. B) adrenal medulla. C) adrenal cortex D) testis. 27) The increased contraction of the human uterus during labor and delivery is at least partially dae to the actions of A) epinephrine. B) glucagon C) thyroxine. D) oxytocin. 28) Abnormally reduced somatic growth (dwarfism) can be a consequence of decreased hormone secretion from the A) anterior pituitary gland. B) pancreas. C) adrenal gland. D) posterior pituitary gland 29) The hypothalamus...
Can someone answer these questions please!? Need help!!!! 1. Compare the optimum pH results obtained for amylase and pepsin with those predicted in the Pre-Laboratory Assignment. Discuss any possible discrepancies between the predicted and experimental results. 2. What was the purpose of including control samples containing only substrate and buffer (test tubes 1−4 for each enzyme) in this study? Did any of these mixtures show any reaction? 3. Protein digestion involves the hydrolysis of peptide linkages and ...
2. hypothesize the best conditions (pH and temperature) under which the enzyme chymotrypsin functions with an appropriate reference. also, hypothesize what will occur in the presence of an inhibitor and the type of inhibition. EXPERIMENT 5: ENZYME ACTIVITY WITH a-CHYMOTRYPSIN Prelab Assignment 1. Prepare a flow chart, covering one half of the experimental work (either part A and C if your lab bench is on the window side of the lab or part B and D if your locker is...
can you just answer 1,3,4 then ? All of 20 hing Med ia 1 The incide d together by chemical beads to form long chains, in the same way that ar e made of long chains of simple molecules Unlike carboidrates, however, protein molecules fold pinc h pes are for their higical function. The folded structure of a protein depends on the sequence of the amino acid building block that forms the polymer chain. A folded protein is shown on...