Enzymology‚ Catalytic Mechanism‚ Carbohydrate Metabolism‚ Adenosine Triphosphate Enzymes are proteins and their function is to act as catalysts to speed up certain chemical reactions in the cell that would be slower without them. This process occurs as steps in a cycle with separate reactions in each step. If there is a missing product the step in the cycle will be incomplete and the normal function of the organism cannot be accomplished causing negative effects on the organism. The biological
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Examination of Proteus Vulgaris by Carbohydrate Fermentation Tests Abstract: Some bacteria ferment certain carbohydrates‚ while producing acidic or gaseous products; this information can be utilized in order to identify bacteria (Morello and Granato‚ 2003). In order to test for carbohydrate fermentation‚ tubed broths‚ containing a Durham tube for trapping any gas formed when the broth is incubated‚ are utilized (Morello and Granato‚ 2003). After incubation‚ a color change indicates that
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Cells are dynamic structures with constant activity The carbohydrates are unique in forming long chain polymer and also branching these chains. This is more complicated than protein where only 20 amino acids can form a long single chain. Here there can be numerous kinds of bonding forming a straight chain or long chain polymer. More over the number of repeating units are also much greater than giving the structure variation. Carbohydrates can be broken down into monosaccharides which is a single
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ID:0720052 Effect of an Increasing Substrate Concentration on Enzyme Activity Rate Abstract The reaction rate of an enzyme can be affected by many factors‚ and the purpose of this experiment was to find out how an increasing substrate concentration influences the rate of an enzyme activity; we obtained data from recording the absorbance of the samples which contain the same amount of potato juice (enzyme oxidase) and different amount of catechol (substrate) while holding pH and temperature constant
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The effect of increasing substrate concentration on rate of an enzyme reaction. Enzymes are biological catalysts that lower a reactions activation energy making possible many of the reactions needed for life to exist. Enzymes have a high specificity which have been explained by many theories such as Fischer’s lock and key. Currently the most widely accepted theory is the induced fit hypothesis proposed by Koshland in 1958. This hypothesis solves some of the problems with the Lock and key theory
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A study of the osmoregulatory capabilities in Nereis virens and Phascolopsis gouldi: osmoregulators vs. osmoconformers Introduction Water is essential for life as we know it on this planet‚ and according to Campbell et al. (1999)‚ water is the major constituent of cells. Reactions vital to life occur under aqueous conditions in the body and cells of all organisms‚ and the concentrations of reactants necessary for these reactions depend upon the amount of water present (Pough et al. 2004)
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Investigating the effects of carbohydrates on blood glucose levels INTRODUCTION There are two types of diabetes which includes diabetes inspidus however the disorder most commonly associated with the generic term ‘diabetes’ is diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is condition whereby blood sugar levels are far too high due to poor metabolism. There are two variations of the disorder which are Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Type 1 diabetes occurs as a result of the body’s inability to produce
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An Investigation on the rate of reaction of the enzyme Catalase on the substrate Hydrogen peroxide. Plan Aim: To investigate the rate of the effect of Catalase on hydrogen peroxide. Introduction This investigation will be carried out to investigate the rate of reaction of the enzyme catalase on the substrate hydrogen peroxide. Enzymes are biological catalysts‚ which speed up the rate of reaction without being used up during the reaction‚ which take place in living organisms. They do this by
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I. Background of the Study: Official figures show that plastics make up around 25% of the garbage that metro manila churns out‚ while an independent survey conducted by Eco waste Coalition and Greenpeace on the composition of discards on manila bay in 2006 found that 51% were plastic bags‚19% sachets and junk food wrappers‚ 5% Styrofoam‚ 1% hard plastics‚10% rubber‚ 13% biodegradable wastes (Cayetano‚ 2008;www.senatorpiacayetano.com/psc/pressreleasedetails.php?recordID=175) Biodegradable plastics
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Wimpy. Wimpy’s burger meal likely contained simple carbohydrates from the white flour bun‚ sugars in the ketchup‚ and saturated fats from the beef patty and cheese slice. Conversely‚ his turkey sub meal after the transformation likely provided complex carbohydrates from the whole wheat sub roll‚ lower amounts of saturated fats with high amounts of unsaturated fats in the turkey breast slices‚ and unsaturated fats from the veggies. Carbohydrates‚ which are composed of carbon‚ hydrogen and oxygen in
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