Trypsin is a pancreatic hydrolase present in the small intestine during digestion. Would trypsin work well in?
Trypsin is a pancreatic hydrolase present in the small intestine during digestion. Would trypsin work well in the stomach? Explain why?
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It’s efficiency will be drastically reduced.This is because every enzyme has an optimum range of pH.Trypsin for which optimum pH is 7-8 will work with reduced activity in stomach where pH is 1-2.It might even DENATURATE the enzyme.