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Abhishek Anand

Class 12th
Biology
2 years ago

Since pepsin is a gastric enzyme does it have an acid or basic optimum pH? What happens to pepsin when it passes into the duodenum?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Pepsin acts within the stomach so its optimum pH is around 2, an acid pH. When the enzyme passes into the duodenum it meets a higher pH and its enzyme activity ends.

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