Many of the cell's hydrolytic enzymes are located in the lysosome, where the pH is ~5. What

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Many of the cell's hydrolytic enzymes are located in the lysosome, where the pH is ~5. What would you expect to be the optimum pH for these enzymes, and why would this protect the rest of the cell from the destructive power of these enzymes upon the accidental rupture of a lysosome?
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Fundamentals of biochemistry Life at the Molecular Level

ISBN: 978-0470547847

4th edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet, Charlotte W. Pratt

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