Conditions Affecting Enzyme's Efficiency

Did different conditions affect the Enzyme’s Efficiency? The hypothesis was “the more the imposed condition affects the mobility of the Enzyme, the fewer toothpicks will be broken”. This hypothesis proved true. This experiment manifested through multiple trials that the condition the enzyme had to endure definitely affected the Enzyme’s Efficiency. During this modeling experiment, it was observed that that the efficiency of the Enzyme over time created a line like that of a radical function. This was true for almost every trial, as when there were less and less polymers to break down; the enzyme had trouble locating polymers that had not already been broken. This is especially noticeable in the trials in which the enzyme(s) had a high
Assuming the experiment accurately represents a biological process, a lot is patterns and trends can be identified. Enzymes work by either bonding or separating a certain particle by speeding up the natural reaction between the particles, often by millions of times. The shape of an enzyme creates a phenomenon in which only select particles can enter the active site. For example, the enzyme amylase is only able to break down starch polymers. Changing the shape of an enzyme renders it useless. In this experiment, every group but the Popbeads group conducted a hydrolysis reaction. The Popbeads represented a condensation reaction. This is because every group but the Popbeads simulated a polymer (toothpick) being broken down. The Popbeads polymers were instead put together, creating a condensation reaction. An example of denaturing an enzyme would be the curled index finger experiment. The enzyme had to work under modified conditions that greatly affected the enzyme’s productivity. A disease that may result in damaged enzymes would probably be cancer, which is a disease caused by too many abnormal cells. If any enzyme producing centers of the body have cancer, this may result in abnormal enzymes. Inhibitors can also be used to decelerate an enzyme’s efficiency, or to render the enzyme useless altogether. An example would be the water bottle experiment, as the water bottle was an attached object that severely limited the enzymes’ mobility. Although this may kill the enzyme, it can also be used in a human’s body in the form of drugs. An example would be a patient with HIV. He or She could use a certain drug containing inhibitors that target retroviral integrase, a type of enzyme created by HIV infected cells to further diffuse the disease. With these drugs, a patient can postpone the spread