Environmental Parameters of Enzyme Activity Alex Rocha Texas State University Abstract If you’ve ever left a cut up apple out for long‚ you’ll notice that after a while‚ it will turn brown. The reason for this is an enzyme named catechol oxidase‚ a ubiquitous plant enzymes containing a dinuclear copper center (Klabunde‚ Eicken‚ Sacchettini‚ & Krebs‚ 1998). In this experiment‚ we used two different chelators‚ ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid and phenylthiourea to test which would stop
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background information Enzymes are amino acids and proteins that speed up chemical reactions. they either build things or take things apart as needed . they are small (since they can work in a small thing such as a cell) and their shape is the shape needed for substrates to fit in . enzymes are molecules that are organic in nature and catalyze specific chemical reactions. they are mainly built from hydrogen‚ carbon‚ and oxygen. they are proteins and also include other macromolecules
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Use of Enzymes in Food Industry - Food industry utilizes a variety of enzymes for processing of various foods‚ e.g.‚ production of various types of syrups from starch or sucrose (a- and β- amylases‚ glucamylase‚ pullulanase‚ invertase‚ and glucose isomerase)‚ meat/protein processing using proteases‚ removal of glucose and or molecular oxygen (O2) using glucose oxidase and catalase‚ use of lactase in dairy industry and use of enzymes in fruit juice and brewing industries. Glucose oxides are obtained
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Enzymes INTRODUCTION Enzymes are protein cells and they are found in the gut. They help to break down the food you eat. Enzymes are produced by living cells and they speed up reactions because they are biological catalysts. If we did not have enzymes‚ the reactions in our cells would be too slow to keep us alive. This means that they are extremely important for our survival. The properties of enzymes are: ⋆ They can be used many times‚ because they can speed up reactions without
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THE VITAMIN C CONTENT OF FRUIT JUICE Aim: To investigate the vitamin C content of fruit juice.Hypothesis: I believe the more drops of fruit juice taken to decolourise DCPIP‚ the smaller the amount of vitamin C in that fruit juice. This is because DCPIP needed to be decolourised by ascorbic acid in fruit juice‚ so less concentration of ascorbic acids means that more ascorbic acids is needed to decolourised DCPIP. I believe that freshly squeezed orange is going to have the most Vitamin C content
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Dehydrogenase catalyzed reaction. 6. To determine the effect of heat on a Xanthine Dehydrogenase catalyzed reaction. Introduction: Enzymes are specialized biologically made proteins that have catalytic functions that are essential for the maintenance and activity of life (Amano 2007). All living cells have enzymes but they are different‚ they depend on the concentration of enzymes that are found in the organelles. A catalyst is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction but remains unchanged itself
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climates for at least 3‚000 years‚ there are now thousands of varieties from yellow to green to red‚ tender to crisp‚ sweet to tart and simple to complex. The apple tree and pear tree are related to each other--They are both part of the rose family. "Baking" apples are varieties that hold up well when cooked and don’t turn mushy. Good baking apples are: Rome Beauty (Queen of the bakers because cooking accentuates its flavor) Golden Delicioius (holds it’s shape well‚ unlike Red Delicious which should
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The purpose of this lab was in order to find which combination of two electrodes would produce the greatest voltage‚ under the condition that lemon juice was the electrolyte within a chemical cell. To conduct the lab‚ two slits were created in a lemon‚ which worked as a chemical cell‚ and an assortment of different electrodes were inserted into the lemon. Afterward‚ two wires were attached to each of the electrodes‚ where a voltmeter then gave a reading that was recorded into data. As the experiment
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Temperature and pH on Enzyme Function Chelsie Mesa Section 0479 Robin Cotter Introduction The purpose of this experiment is to identify three unknown enzymes. This is done by using different temperature and pH to affect the function of the enzyme‚ which ultimately‚ will affect how much maltose is produced. Enzymes are proteins that help catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions‚ the molecules at the beginning of the process are called substrates‚ and the enzyme converts them
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The Red Apple The blossom‚ by their delightful smell and store of nectar‚ attract myriads of bees‚ and as a result of the fertilization effected by these visitors in their search of the buried nectar. The fruit develops and becomes in autumn the beautiful little crab apple‚ which when ripe is red in color‚ oval or pear shape‚ tasty and feeling is sweet‚ crisp and juicy. I like apple. On Saturday evening‚ I went to the cafeteria for dinner but there was nothing that I interested in to eat‚ but
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