Reetika Kashyap September 20th‚ 2012 Enzyme Lab What is an enzyme? Enzymes are specialized protein molecules simplifying most of the body’s metabolic processes such as‚ supplying energy‚ digesting foods‚ purifying your blood‚ executing the body of waste products etc. Enzymes act as catalyst by speeding up the reactions that happen in our bodies and decreasing the amount of activation energy needed to break a complex down. A reactant is any given enzymatic reaction is called a substrate for that
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Introduction Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts; thus allowing the many chemical reactions in life to occur. The purpose of an enzyme is to speed up the rate of a chemical reaction. Without enzymes‚ living organisms would be unable to function properly‚ since the releasing and storing of energy depend on the enzyme’s function (2). Through the process of catabolism‚ complex molecules within organic compounds are broken into simpler molecules. As a result of catabolic reactions‚ energy used
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Full Report on Exercise 4.2 ESTIMATION OF PROTEIN CONCENTRATION BY SPECTROPHOTOMETRY And Exercise 4.3 GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY Joel Don M. Untalan CHEM 160.1 – 1L AY 2013 – 2014 Groupmates: Sonette Yao Kristopher Quilan Laboratory Instructor Carmelo C. Briones I. Introduction Analyzing proteins in determination of protein concentration by spectrophotometry is important. It determines to what concentration of a certain protein is in a crude sample. In this technique‚ a wide
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a specific enzyme that helps speed up the reaction‚ and the reason for the variations of the enzymes is their unique protein structures. However‚ this means that once the structure of the enzyme is denatured and changed‚ the functions will most probably modify as well. In nature‚ this happens when the temperature and concentrations of different components are altered. In this lab experiment‚ we will be doing an in-depth research of exactly what happens to the enzymes‚ when it happens‚ and why it
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Blood Lab Report Introduction A blood experiment was performed testing four different patients blood to find out their specific blood types. Blood types are categorized in four blood groups based upon the antigen ( proteins on the surface of blood cells that can cause a response from the immune system) ("Rh factor" 2006) on the surface of the red blood cell. The blood groups are A‚ B‚ AB and O‚ names which are broken down from the ABO blood group system. Although simulated blood was used
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Cell membranes control what goes in and out the cell‚ it protects it. The lipid bilayer describes the membrane of both animal and plant cells where the properties that make up phospholipids are very important to the cell membrane function‚ it has protein which is dispersed properly and it mainly functions in the selective transport of molecules both in and out of the cell. Just like transport of many molecules and water are very vital processes for many living organisms. There is active and passive
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Lab 2: Protiens and Starches Purpose: An introduction to testing procedures for two large‚ organic molecules: proteins and starches. Hypothesis: In the test for protiens the water‚ being that it is inorganic will not test positive for protiens; it will serve as the negative control. The milk and 50% egg solution should test positive for protien as they are subsatnce derived from animals which contain protiens in order to carry the functions of life. The sucrose will test negative due
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Roux Lab is one of the labs at Sanford Research that focuses on proteins. The goal of the lab is to map the proteins of the nuclear envelope using BioID. This may sound like a simple goal but figuring out where each protein is located but it is a daunting task. With the lab trying to map the proteins‚ it is necessary to develop efficient ways of seeing how proteins interact. In the past years of the Roux lab‚ they have developed a system to see which proteins interact with other proteins‚ through
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condition‚ temperature for the enzymes tested was about 22 degrees Celsius. The optimum pH level for the enzyme was 7. Introduction Enzymes are biochemical that catalyze‚ or increase the rate‚ at which a chemical reaction occurs. All enzymes are proteins that have a specific shape that is vastly determined by their unique amino acid sequence (Vodopich and Moore 2011). Enzymes run on a method similar to that
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Renal System Physiology Exercise 9 page. 121 SC 245 L Date: 12/18/2011 Point Break down: 100 points Questions: 60 points Data/Results: 15 points Summarizing activities: 25 points Introduction: In this lab we will learn how the kidney processes blood and produces urine. Activity 1: Investigating the Effect of Flow Tube Radius on Glomerular filtration. Data/Results: Questions: Please answer the questions in complete sentences and explain your answers. 1. What effect does increasing the afferent
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