A Which enzyme is most active at basic pHs trypsin pepsin B

A) Which enzyme is most active at basic pH\'s?

trypsin

pepsin

B) At pH 6, would you expect trypsin to be in a folded or a denatured state?

denatured

folded

C) For trypsin at pH 4, which level of protein structure would be most destabilized?

tertiary structure

secondary structure

primary structure

none

Solution

A. Trypsin is more active than pepsin at basic PH because is optimum PH range is 7.8 to 8.7 whereas for pepsin it is acidic.

B. Trypsin at PH 6 should be in denatured form