Enzyme Kinetics Lab Report: The reaction rate of enzyme, '-amylase in Starch-Iodine solution at different temperatures and pH levels
Abstract:
This experimentation was to evaluate absorbance and the reaction rate of an enzyme, '-amylase in starch-iodine solution. We will be testing the relationship between enzymatic reaction affected by temperature and pH. Through the testing the enzyme at different temperatures, and different pH levels; it would determine at which temperature and pH level the enzyme worked the most efficiently. Analyzing absorbance of the solutions with spectrophotometery will determine the reaction rate.
To test the optimal pH, the starch and a buffer were combined at a specific pH level and tested the absorbance of a solution at various times. To resolve the reaction rate of a solution at various temperatures, the solution was put into water both set to a specific temperature and its absorbance was recorded at different times.
Four specific graphs were drawn to determine at which pH level and temperature was the optimum for the enzyme after the experiment. Although hypothesis that I made that it would work best under temperature near 40'' and at a pH of around 4, through my results the enzyme worked more efficiently under the temperature of 55''and pH level at 4.5. However, since the whole testing experimental was taken only once; we can not state that the result was precisely accurate. Introduction: The catalysts are the substance that speeds up chemical reactions in living organisms. The enzymes are the protein catalysts to lower the activation energy of a reactant. Enzymes are not able cause an inefficient reaction to occur and only able to increase the rate of biochemical reaction. The molecule that is reacting in enzymatic reaction is called a substrate. When an enzyme and substrate congregate together, then it forms an enzyme-substrate complex. As the enzyme works to accelerate the chemical reaction changes catalytic property and ultimately it decomposed.
The rate of the enzymatic reaction is when the rate at which the enzyme-substrate complex forms and it
This experimentation was to evaluate absorbance and the reaction rate of an enzyme, '-amylase in starch-iodine solution. We will be testing the relationship between enzymatic reaction affected by temperature and pH. Through the testing the enzyme at different temperatures, and different pH levels; it would determine at which temperature and pH level the enzyme worked the most efficiently. Analyzing absorbance of the solutions with spectrophotometery will determine the reaction rate.
To test the optimal pH, the starch and a buffer were combined at a specific pH level and tested the absorbance of a solution at various times. To resolve the reaction rate of a solution at various temperatures, the solution was put into water both set to a specific temperature and its absorbance was recorded at different times.
Four specific graphs were drawn to determine at which pH level and temperature was the optimum for the enzyme after the experiment. Although hypothesis that I made that it would work best under temperature near 40'' and at a pH of around 4, through my results the enzyme worked more efficiently under the temperature of 55''and pH level at 4.5. However, since the whole testing experimental was taken only once; we can not state that the result was precisely accurate. Introduction: The catalysts are the substance that speeds up chemical reactions in living organisms. The enzymes are the protein catalysts to lower the activation energy of a reactant. Enzymes are not able cause an inefficient reaction to occur and only able to increase the rate of biochemical reaction. The molecule that is reacting in enzymatic reaction is called a substrate. When an enzyme and substrate congregate together, then it forms an enzyme-substrate complex. As the enzyme works to accelerate the chemical reaction changes catalytic property and ultimately it decomposed.
The rate of the enzymatic reaction is when the rate at which the enzyme-substrate complex forms and it
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