Introduction To General, Organic, And Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781337571357
Author: Frederick A. Bettelheim, William H. Brown, Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Omar Torres
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 22, Problem 17P
9 The activity of pepsin was measured at various pH values. When the temperature and the concentrations of pepsin and substrate were held constant, the following activities were obtained:
(a) Plot the pH dependence of pepsin activity.
(b) What is the optimal pH?
(c) Predict the activity of pepsin in the blood at pH 7.4.
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Introduction To General, Organic, And Biochemistry
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