Effects of pH on the Function of Enzymes Rena Mototani Glen Rock High School Advanced Biology 2014-2015 Effects of pH on the Function of Catalase Rena Mototani Problem: How does the pH of a cell affect the function of the enzyme catalase? Introduction In this lab‚ we experimented the effects of pH on the function of the enzyme catalase. Catalase is an enzyme that brings about the reaction by which hydrogen peroxide is decomposed to water and oxygen (Encyclopedia Britannica). The
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FUNCTIONS OF ENZYMES Enzymes are extremely important to the human body and its ability to function. An enzyme itself is a protein made by the body’s cells to act as catalyst‚ speeding up chemical reactions in the cell. It does this by taking the reactants‚ or the elements or compounds that enter into the chemical reaction‚ in this situation referred to as substrates‚ and breaking apart their bonds so that new ones can form. The three types of enzymes are digestive enzymes‚ food enzymes‚ and metabolic
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Enzymes- reduce the amount of energy required for the reactions they catalyse [accelerate]. -thus‚ increasing the rate of reactions that occur in living organisms. WITHOUT enzymes : metabolism would be so slow at body temp. that insufficient energy would be available to sustain life. -Many enzymes are “Intracellular”- used within the cell that produced them e.g. enzymes in respiration & photosynthesis -Others are “extracellular”-they act outside the
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Question: Effects of pH on amylase activity Introduction: Amylase is an enzyme that is in human’s saliva as well as the pancreas. Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up a chemical reaction. They break down complex molecules into simple ones. In this case‚ amylase converts starches (complex molecule) into simple sugars. That is why foods like potatoes for example‚ may taste sweet to us‚ because they contain starch. The optimum pH for pancreatic amylase is the pH of 7. In the experiment
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behavior in individual offenders. Biological Factors in Crime Not many want to believe there is any such thing as a "bad seed;" that heredity can make criminal behavior unavoidable and inevitable for some individuals. Of course‚ bio-psychologists do not believe that genetic or physiological components are the sole causal agents in behavior.
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Determination of pH Almira‚ Faerie Carleen Lucile L. Gallardo‚ Charlotte O. Group #6‚ Chemistry 18.1‚ MHEG1‚ Ma’am Arlou Angeles September 23‚ 2013 I. Abstract The acidity of the four unknown solutions were determined with the use of colorimetry using McIlvaine’s buffer solutions varying in proportion of its constituents (disodium phosphate and citric acid). These buffer solutions were subjected to the addition of corresponding pH indicators and the variation of colors depending on its pH level was
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studying the effect of pH on catalase activity. Catalase by scavenging hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen is an important enzyme of cell defense mechanisms against oxidative stress in all living organisms (Dat et al.‚ 2003). Cells use catalase because it is the most efficient enzyme as an antioxidative enzyme which lowers hydrogen peroxide or superoxide to accumulate to toxic levels in plant growth (Bowler et al. 1992). The formula that involves catalase as the enzyme is . pH is a measure of the
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TASK 1: The main components of a healthy diet. How the diet and energy requirements of the following individuals vary to meet their specific needs: - An 18 month old baby - A 17 year old girl - A man/woman working physically in the building trade - A pregnant woman - A lactating woman - A 70 year old man/woman. TASK 2: Explain the mechanical and chemical digestion. (a) Ingestion (b) Digestion (c) Absorption (d) Assimilation (e) Egestion TASK 3: The process of
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Kenneth Hampton | | |Restriction Enzymes: | |A study in Reactions and Mapping | | | |November 7‚ 2008 | ABSTRACT This experiment will study the
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To What Extent does the Sugar Concentration of Water Affects Its Refractive Index? 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Why do object when placed in a bucket of water bend? This is not magic but it is a property of light known as refraction. The bending of light when it travels from one medium to another is known as refraction. Different mediums have different densities and density is defined as the amount of mass per unit volume. The higher the density‚ the higher is the
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