1) An inhibitor can be used to change the rate of reaction in the hydrolysis of para-nitrophenyl phosphate by alkaline phosphatase. could alpha-amylase be similarly inhibited? how might this occur?
2) sketch what an amylose structure would look like before and after being incubated with alpha-amylase.
Yes, alpha amylase can also be similarly inhibited.
According to the information provided in the question,the hydrolysis reaction of paranitrophenyl phosphate by alkaline phosphatase can be inhibited by its reaction products and can also be inhibited by L-phenylalanine.Alpha-amylase hydrolyses alpha bonds of alphalinked polysaccharides (such as glycogen and starch) to produce glucose which is the main energy source of organism.This hydrolysis reaction can be inhibited by alpha amylase inhibitors. Alpha amylase inhibitors are chemically protein in nature and this inhibitors together with alpha amylase form a complex structure and thus they inhibit the activity alpha amylase.As a result of inhibition of the alpha amylase activity , the respected organism suffers from lack of energy needed for the survival.
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