Chapter 34, Problem 11A

Summary Introduction

To predict:

The expected digestive results per test tube for this experiment.

Introduction:

Enzymes are molecules which are composed of protein polypeptides which digest and degrade the polypeptides into smaller fragments at specific sites. They require optimum conditions of temperature, pressure and specific substrates which bind at active centers of the enzyme molecules.

Pictorial representation:

Fig 1: Shows the action of pepsin and hydrochloric acid that aids in the digestion of protein egg white.