Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry

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Author: Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh, Maren S. Hansen

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Chapter 20, Problem 20.69E

The human body has an average pH of about 7 and a temperature of about 37 ° C . Use graphs to illustrate enzyme activity in the human body as a function of the following:

a. Substrate concentration

b. Enzyme concentration

c. pH (include pH optimum value)

d. Temperature (include temperature optimum value)

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