Question

Your first big biology exam is coming up in a few days, and in order to prepare for late-night study sessions, you buy a box of Yummies, a delicious type of snack cake. After checking out the nutrition facts label on the side of the box, you discover that a single Yummie cake contains 4.5 grams of total fat, 27 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, and 1 gram of protein.a.The protein would become denatured due to the acidic environment.b.The protein would become denatured due to the normal environment.

Answer 1

Answer:

If you ate the cake the protein in the cake would become denatured

Explanation:

As you eat the cake the salivary amylase in the mouth will begin to digest the carbohydrates. in the stomach the pH is around 2. This is a highly acidic environment.

At this point in digestion the stomach acids present will begin to act on the protein inside the cake. This protein will become denatured firstly, because of the stomach environment.

The cake will continue to pass along the digestive tract hereafter.