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Enzyme activity and pH

Graph showing activity of amylase changes as the pH changes.

The activity of amylase changes as the pH changes. A higher enzyme activity will result in a faster rate of reaction. Other digestive enzymes have a similarly shaped graph but with the peak either as shown or displaced to the left (acidic optimum) or to the right (basic optimum).

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