Pepsin Experiment
Experiment protocol to test the effect of temperature on the enzyme pepsin
Lab Day:
Tuesday
Lab Time: 10-1pm Are you in Lab G20 (furthest from BSB Student Office) or Lab G21 (closest to BSB Student Office)?: G20 Demonstrator Name: Tamsin Peters Names of Group Members: Roanna Humphries Daniel Markus Nicholle Cooke-Hayes Dean Do Rosario Pepsin
Name of Enzyme You are Investigating:
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ....................................................................................................... 1 Enzyme Background ................................................................................................. 2 Hypothesis ................................................................................................................ 3 Equipment/Apparatus: ............................................................................................ 3 Reagents/Material: ................................................................................................... 3 Supplied by student: ............................................................................................. 3 Supplied by UNSW: .............................................................................................. 3 Method: ..................................................................................................................... 4 Producing pepsin solution .................................................................................... 4 Diagrams: ...................................................................................................................5 Risk Assessment ....................................................................................................... 6 Emergency Procedures .......................................................................................... 7
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Enzyme Background
Pepsin is an enzyme present in the digestive system of many most