Pepsin, an enzyme that hydrolyzes peptide bonds in proteins, functions in the stomach at a pH optimum of 1.5 to 2.0. How is the rate of a pepsin-catalyzed reaction affected by each of the following conditions? increasing the concentration of proteins changing the pH to 5.0 running the reaction at 0 °C

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Pepsin, an enzyme that hydrolyzes peptide bonds in proteins, functions in the stomach at a pH optimum of 1.5 to 2.0. How is the rate of a pepsin-catalyzed reaction affected by each of the following conditions?

  1. increasing the concentration of proteins

  2. changing the pH to 5.0

  3. running the reaction at 0 °C

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