molecules‚ such as RNA molecules in the “RNA World” hypothesis‚ essential to the most popular hypotheses about the origin of life on Earth? Becuase‚ RNA is able to store genetic info just like DNA‚ and is also able to catalyze chemical reactions like an enzyme‚ so RNA could have played a big role in the evolution of cellular life. 4) How might similarities and differences in genetic codes‚ or the proteins built as a result of these codes‚ be used to determine how closely related different species are
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The purpose of the experiment was to find out how temperature affects the enzymes activity. For example‚ in Humans if the temperature is too high‚ the individual’s brain enzymes can denature and cause life threatening problems. The opposite can occur as well‚ if the temperature is too low‚ hypothermia can occur and it can be dangerous (Wilson‚ 1996). In the experiment optimal conditions for fungal and bacterial amylase was measured as well. Discovering information‚ such as the optimal temperature
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however‚ without enzymes‚ these reactions could possibly take several years to complete. An enzyme is a macromolecule‚ generally a protein‚ that lowers the activation energy of a reaction without being changed by the reaction‚ and this causes the reaction to occur much faster than usual (Campbell et al.‚ 2014). The act of speeding of a chemical reaction is called catalysis‚ and molecules that perform this are called catalyst. Enzymes act as catalysts‚ and there a many types of enzymes that perform many
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Enzyme Lab Experiments Problem: How can we demonstrate how enzymes work? What happens if we alter the environment of an enzyme? Materials: G;lucose Test Strips Test Tubes Pipettes Raw Hamburg Lettuce Potato Raw Liver Chalk Beakers Dairy Lactose Tablet Water Sugar Solo Cups Hot Plate Knife Gloves Skim Milk Glow Sticks Peroxide Hypothesis: 1. If we change the environment via temperature the glow stick will Its intensity will change 2. If hydrogen peroxide is added to a certain food liver
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relationship between substrate concentration and initial reaction rate provided that substrate concentration is much greater than enzyme concentration. Enzymes are essential to life as they are required for many vital metabolic reactions to occur. To adequately explain the properties of enzymes‚ it is assumed that an enzyme-controlled reaction takes place through an enzyme-substrate complex by the lock and key mechanism. It is hypothesized that a greater concentration of product is achieved through
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Erin Arroyo Lab report June 11‚ 2013 Biology 123 Professor K Title: Scientific Investigation of the Peroxidase Enzyme & Temperature Abstract: In this lab we tested the effect temperature has on the rate of enzyme activity. The way we figured this out was by taking four different temperatures and testing the different absorbance levels they produced every 20 seconds for two minutes straight using a spectrophotometer. The important part of this experiment was the temperature
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Campbell Biology Ninth Editoin. San Francisco. Pearson Education Inc.2011 2. Stretched exponential dynamics in lipid bilayer simulations. Brandt‚ Erik G. Journal of Chemical Physics; 9/21/2010‚ Vol. 133 Issue 11‚ p115101‚ 12p‚ 1 Diagram‚ 3 Charts‚ 9 Graphs 3. The behavior of reorientational correlation functions of water at the water-lipid bilayer interface. Bhide‚ Shreyas Y.Berkowitz‚ Max L. Journal of Chemical Physics; 9/7/2006‚ Vol. 125 Issue 9‚ p094713‚ 7p‚ 5 Charts‚ 5 Graphs 3. Biology Laboratory
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INTRODUCTION Enzymes are a protein serving as a catalyst‚ a chemical agent that changes the rate of the reaction without being consumed by the reaction. Enzymes are proteins made up of long chains of amino acids. These form complex shapes. The enzymes are individuals‚ like the different players on a ball team‚ they have different specific structures and jobs. As one ball player may be very tall and one short‚ the specific different shape of the active site on an enzyme is unique and prepares it
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1. Given the following parental genotypes‚ show all possible gametes that each could form. Circle each gamete. Note: different gamete types are separated by commas in the table below. Genotype Gametes: AA A Aa A‚ a Bb B‚ b bb b cc c AABB AB AAbb Ab Aabb Ab‚ ab AaBb AB‚ Ab‚ aB‚ ab AaBbCc ABC‚ ABc‚ Abc‚ AbC‚ aBc‚ aBC‚ abC‚ abc 2. In summer squash‚ white fruit color (W) is dominant over yellow (w). If a squash plant homozygous for white is crossed with one homozygous for yellow‚ what will be the apearance
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Chirag Patel Biology 157 Determining the Effect of Varying Substrate Concentration Question: How does concentration of potatoes affect the amount of oxygen produced with hydrogen peroxide and potatoes (enzymes)? Introduction The enzyme used for this experiment is Catalase. Catalase is inside mostly any living organism which uses oxygen. Its job is to break down hydrogen peroxide‚ into oxygen and water. (Formula) 2H2O2 ---> 2H2O + O2 (lab manual). There are limiting factors which if altered
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