Question Give an account of how enzymes work with particular reference to factors that affect their activities. Answer All living things require catalysts to catalyse the reaction which they carry out to survive. Enzymes are the catalysts of biological systems without enzymes reactions in cells would occur all much to slow a rate and the organism would not survive. Most enzymes‚ with the exception of some RNA catalysts‚ are proteins. They often require a co factor such as zinc or iron‚ or a complete organic
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Lab 6: Enzymes . header Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to test for enzyme activity‚ look at enzyme specificity‚ and how temperature affects enzyme activity. Time need to perform this lab: approximately 3 hours Preparation FIRST: Read the lab in its entirety TWICE before you begin. You will perform the experiment‚ write your lab report and include the answers to the additional 4 questions within the text for full credit on this experiment. Materials: •3% hydrogen peroxide •a
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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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CHM 116 Lab Investigations of Buffers I. Purpose The purpose of this experiment was to get an understanding as to how to properly prepare chemical buffers. Also part of this experiment was to gauge the effectiveness of the buffers by measuring their pH levels in various titration solutions‚ using a pH meter. II. Procedure To start our experiment we had to prepare Buffer B‚ which was the .060 M Ammonia/Ammonium solution. Using 3.0 M ammonia‚ we had to calculate
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Science February 6 2009 - February 19 2009 Conductor Investigation Calvin Chang 8.2 Stage 1: Planning the Experiment Introduction ! By “electric current”‚ I mean by the rate at which electric charges moves through a circuit‚ the electric charges can either be ions or electrons. They are measured in ammeters and the unit that is measured in is ampere which is the number of charges that passes through per second. There are many factors which would affect the electric current‚ like the voltage of
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University of Malta Institute of Forensic Studies B.A Criminology 3rd Year 2008 Credit: FRS 3008 Criminal Investigation Lecturer: Mr. John Charles Ellul Fingerprint Evidence Contents • Introduction • History of Fingerprint Evidence • Fingerprint Evidence • Strengths and Weaknesses of Fingerprint Evidence • Case Study involving
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62 Iodine test for starch Amount of starch remaining Enzyme activity level Dark blue-black All None (0) Blue Most Low (1) Light brown Some Moderate (2) Gold None High (3) Part 1: Effect of Enzyme Concentration 1. Label five test tubes 1-5. Place 4 mL of 1 % starch in each of the first four test tubes. Place 4 mL of amylase solution in the fifth tube. Place all of the tubes in the 37°C water bath for 5 minutes. Obtain 5 clean droppers and label them 1-5. (To avoid contamination of these solutions
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Who normally conducts the preliminary investigation? What are some of the actions the first responders can take once they arrive at the scene of the crime? Since the preliminary investigation starts when the first emergency call is received‚ it is typically administered by the patrol officers who are first to respond to the scene. First responders can either preserve or contaminate the crime scene‚ which can possibly result in either the success or failure of the prosecution. Accordingly‚ the steps
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Activity and Thermal Stability of Gel-Immobilized Peroxidase. Taylor Thompson taylor.thompson72895@gmail.com Department of Chemistry‚ University of North Florida‚ 1UNF Drive‚ Jacksonville‚ FL 32224 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Immobilizing an enzyme provides various analytical benefits‚ and can be done in a myriad of ways‚ with the most common being entrapment. For this study peroxidase (from horseradish)‚ an enzyme that catalyzes
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Catalase Enzyme Lab Samiya Hussein March 9‚ 2012 Introduction In order to receive the necessary amounts of energy required for daily function‚ the digestive system must break down proteins‚ fats and carbohydrates. In doing so‚ the body produces poisonous chemicals; however‚ the cells aren’t harmed. This is because enzymes are used to break down these chemicals. The name of the enzyme that was the main focus of the lab is catalase. Catalase is responsible for catalyzing hydrogen peroxide
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