OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Question
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How can the activity of a human amylase enzyme be increased during a laboratory experiment?
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Adding sugar to the mixture.
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Decreasing the pH from 7 to 3
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Increasing the temperature from 20
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Adding water to the mixture.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Activity of -amylase significantly decreased with the increase in the temperature beyond 37oC.
Detailed explanation-2: -At lower temperatures, the enzyme salivary amylase is deactivated and at higher temperatures, the enzyme is denaturated. Therefore, more time will be taken by enzyme to digest the starch at lower and higher temperatures. At 37° C, the enzyme is most active, hence, takes less time to digest the starch.
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