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Hydrolytic enzyme which acts at low pH is

A

proteases

B

`alpha`-amylases

C

hydrolases

D

peroxidases

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C
Lysosomes are the reservoirs of acid hydrolases showing optimum activity at pH 5.0 maintained within the lysosome. These include proteases, nucleases, glycosidases, lipase, etc. Among these protease act a very low pH, i.e. 2.
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