Factors affecting Enzyme Activity: The effect of pH on enzyme activity Background Knowledge: An enzyme is a biological catalyst – which speeds up the reaction rate‚ without itself getting altered. Enzymes are proteins with long polypeptide chains that are folded up into three – dimensional shapes. An enzyme acts on a substrate to convert the substrate into a product useful for the organism.The active site is a special region on the surface of the enzyme where the substrate binds to the enzyme.
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professor! I chose to discuss topic 2 this week. The topic is Discuss how buffers help to regulate body pH. The pH level in the blood is maintained by the kidneys and the lungs. The pH level on the blood should be at 7.4. In order for the kidneys and lungs to maintain this pH level it affects the buffers in the blood. The buffer is a substance that is resistant to the change in the body’s pH level. Basically the buffers can make an acid or base less potent and try and neutralize it so the body is not
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The use of yeast as a food dates all the way back to the Ancient Egyptians. Note that unlike the yeast used to leaven bread‚ nutritional yeast is inactive. It has been deactivated so that it cannot be used to make bread rise or convert sugar into alcohol. It is also different from brewer’s yeast‚ though the two are strains of the same fungus. The main difference is the source. As its name suggests‚ brewer’s yeast is a product of the brewing industry; it is typically bitter because it is grown
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September 20‚ 2010 EXPERIMENT Acids‚ Bases‚ and Neutrals Problem Are common house-hold products pHs balanced and neutral? Information pH measures how acidic or alkaline a solution is. Its concept was introduced in 1909 by biochemist Soren Sorensen. The scale ranges from 0-14. Solutions that range from 0 to 6 are considered to be Acidic. Solution that’s on the Acidic end of the scale is low in ph‚ high in hydrogen ion‚ and low in hydroxyl ions. An acid have a sour taste‚ reacts with metal‚ are
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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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Experiment 1 : Design and preparation of buffers effective at different pHs Abstract The body uses natural buffers to maintain the many different pH environments in our body. This is important for optimum activity of our enzymes. When doing experiments in vitro using these enzymes it is important to mimic intracellular conditions using artificial buffer systems in order to obtain accurate results. In this experiment the buffering properties of three artificial buffer systems containing acetic
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sugar isomers with yeast‚ will affect the rate at which the yeast respires at. The sugars to be tested are fructose‚ galactose‚ glucose‚ lactose and sucrose. Their effects on the respiration rate of yeast to be observed through the measurement (cm3) of the displaced water‚ which will tell us how much CO2 has been respired over 2 minutes. To compare the effects an average will be calculated for each and a result will be drawn from which we can draw a conclusion as to the effects‚ if any‚ of different
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Epithelial tissue Covers the body surface and forms the lining for most internal cavities. The major function of epithelial tissue includes protection‚ secretion‚ absorption‚ and filtration. The skin is an organ made up of epithelial tissue which protects the body from dirt‚ dust‚ bacteria and other microbes that may be harmful. Epithelial tissue covers the whole surface of the body. It is made up of cells closely packed and ranged in one or more layers. This tissue is specialised to form the
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the relationship between enzymatic reaction affected by temperature and pH. Through the testing the enzyme at different temperatures‚ and different pH levels; it would determine at which temperature and pH level the enzyme worked the most efficiently. Analyzing absorbance of the solutions with spectrophotometery will determine the reaction rate. To test the optimal pH‚ the starch and a buffer were combined at a specific pH level and tested the absorbance of a solution at various times. To resolve the
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August 2012 JUDICIAL REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES [Speech delivered during the Central Luzon Regional Convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines‚ June 29‚ 2012] Antonio T. Carpio Senior Associate Justice‚ Supreme Court President Roan Libarios‚ Central Luzon Governor Olivia Velasco-Jacoba‚ other Governors and Officers of the IBP‚ fellow members of the IBP‚ my co-workers in the Judiciary and in Government‚ friends‚ a pleasant morning to you all. I wish to thank you for inviting me this morning
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