Pepsin requires an acidic environment, ideally with a pH ranging from 1.5 to 2. Conversely, Trypsin operates best at a pH around 8. Hence, for both enzymes to have optimal activity in a shared environment, it must be at a neutral pH, around 5.
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INITIAL STEP 1
Adding valinomycin
STEP 2
Valinomycin binds with K+ ion
STEP 3
The electrical potential across the mitochondrial membrane diminishes
STEP 4
ATP hydrolysis rate escalates
STEP 5
ATP synthesis rate declines
STEP 6
The pH difference across the mitochondrial membrane surges
STEP 7
The electrical potential across the mitochondrial membrane lessens
STEP 8
The valinomycin-K+ complex can now move into the mitochondrial matrix
STEP 9
The valinomycin-K complex transfers K+ ion out of the mitochondrial matrix
STEP 10
Electron transfer and O2 consumption rates increase
FINAL STEP
Generation of heat
In the citric acid cycle, also referred to as the Kreb’s Cycle, the enzyme responsible for catalyzing oxidative decarboxylation reactions is α-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. This irreversible oxidative decarboxylation step generates NADH (equivalent to 2.5 ATP) and restores the 4C chain (excluding CoA).
