JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    Pepsin is inactivated at pH:

    A)  below 3              

    B)         below 2

    C)  above 5              

    D)         above 3

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Pepsin is inactivated at pH above 5. Pepsin is a proteolytic or protein splitting enzyme. The pH optimum of pepsin is about 2 and the enzyme, therefore, works well in the acidic gastric juice while it is inactivated in the basic medium.


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