How does changing the temperature or pH affect the function of an enzyme?
“The temperature and pH of an environment regulate enzyme activity in the same way. Enzymes have an optimal pH and an optimal temperature. This means that each enzyme has a pH and a temperature that it works best in. Once that optimal pH or temperature is reached, enzyme activity drops. This is because the enzyme losses its configuration once that optimal pH or temperature is reached. If the configuration of the enzyme is lost, the enzyme will not be able to fit properly into its active site, making it useless.
