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1) Describe your results when you boiled the pepsin. 2) Based on your results, what is the optimal pH for pepsin? Why does this make sense? 3) Look at test tube 5. If you reduced the incubation time to 30 minutes, hypothesize what would happen.

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Description: 1 describe your results when you boiled the pepsin 2based on your results what is the optimal ph for pepsin why does this make sense2 3 look at test tube 5 if you reduced the incubation time 26728

          1) Describe your results when you boiled the pepsin.
2) Based on your results, what is the optimal pH for pepsin? Why does this make sense?
3) Look at test tube 5. If you reduced the incubation time to 30 minutes, hypothesize what would happen.

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06/30/2022

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- When pepsin is boiled, it denatures and loses its enzymatic activity. This is because the high temperature disrupts the protein structure of pepsin, rendering it inactive. Show more…

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1) Describe your results when you boiled the pepsin. 2) Based on your results, what is the optimal pH for pepsin? Why does this make sense? 3) Look at test tube 5. If you reduced the incubation time to 30 minutes, hypothesize what would happen.