BIOLOGY LAB REPORT (UNIT 7: ENZYMES) GENERAL Enzymes are protein that acts as catalyst‚ lowering the activation energy need for reactions to progress in cells. The reaction can still occur without the presence of the enzyme‚ but at a much slower rate. The activation energy is the minimum amount of energy need for a chemical reaction to occur‚ yielding from a given set of reactants. In enzymatic reactions‚ we have substrates which are reactants of reaction bound to an enzyme. While an active site
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use less energy is needed. Different enzymes have different threedimensional shapes with an active site‚ a cleft or depression. Substrates will bind to the active site of an enzyme if it is the correct shape. This makes it easier for the molecules to react. However‚ there are inhibitors that will prevent the substrates from binding to the active site. Inhibitors do this by either binding to active site‚ or changing the shape of the active site by binding to some other place on the enzyme
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while others have to buy water or walk for miles to attain enough water to survive. In many cases water is being wasted. Hydrogen bonding holds water molecules together. At 32 degrees the kinetic energy is so low that the water freezes. When the temperature rises the kinetic energy thaws and we then have liquid water again. When the molecules absorb energy from the sunlight evaporation takes place and this is called water vapor which is
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without enzymes‚ these reactions could possibly take several years to complete. An enzyme is a macromolecule‚ generally a protein‚ that lowers the activation energy of a reaction without being changed by the reaction‚ and this causes the reaction to occur much faster than usual (Campbell et al.‚ 2014). The act of speeding of a chemical reaction is called catalysis‚ and molecules that perform this are called catalyst. Enzymes act as catalysts‚ and there a many types of enzymes that perform many different
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to allow water in‚ as the size of the water molecule was small enough to be able to fit through the pores of the bag. Sucrose was not able to pass through as the molecules were too big to enter. This is similar to a cell because the size of a molecule can determine whether or not the substance can enter the cell through diffusion. Larger molecules will require facilitated diffusion‚ using a transport protein‚ or active transport‚ using a transport protein and also ATP (HyperPhysics.edu). Since water
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derived from proteins such as those that are present in a potato plant. Polymers are large molecules consisting of many repeating units‚ called monomers. Polymers can be made out of starch which is composed of long chains of glucose molecules. This study focuses mainly on making biodegradable plastics‚ which is certainly safer than non-biodegradable plastics‚ from potato starch. Biodegradable plastics made from raw materials are completely reusable and can be composted easily. Potato starch contains
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BioLab3 Lab Report 5 Enzymes Student Name: Cooper Lyon I. Enzyme Structure and Function EXERCISE 1 – Preparation of an enzyme activity standard At five minute intervals over the next fifteen minute period‚ record the color intensity of the solution of each test tube. Time (min) Tube S1 Potato Extract + Catechol Tube S2 Potato Extract + Water Tube S3 Catechol + Water 0 Shade of Yellow Clear/Milky Clear/Milky 5 Shade of Yellow Clear/Milky Clear/Milky 10 Orange Clear/Milky Clear/Milky 15
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SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BS1005 BIOCHEMISTRY 1 Name: Kingston Tan Lee Kang Matriculation Number: U1440619E Tutorial Group: 8 LAB REPORT Practical 2- Macromolecule Structure Study School of Biological Science‚ NTU BS1005 Practical: Macromolecule Structure Study Results & Discussion of Problems Peptide I – PDB I (β – Sheet) Figure 1. ‘Cartoon view’ of Peptide I showing its secondary structure Figure 1 illustrates the secondary structure of PDB file 1 which shows a β – Sheet. 3 hydrogen bond
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EXPERIMENT NO. 1 INTRODUCTION TO LAB INSTRUMENTS. 1. BREADBOARD We should be familiar to the following things about a breadboard: * What is a breadboard and what is it used for? * How does it work? * Setting Up. * Limitations. What is a breadboard and what is it used for? A breadboard (or protoboard) is usually a construction base for prototyping of electronics. The term "breadboard" is commonly used to refer to a solderless breadboard (plugboard). It was designed by
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exposed to starch solution was because water molecules move out of the cell because the concentration of water inside the cell was greater than outside the cell. I believe this for a few different reasons. We were given 3 different explanations to explain why the cells appear smaller after being exposed to sugar water. These include: That the sugar molecules are not able to enter the cell‚ but the sugar molecules push on the cell membrane making the cell appear smaller‚ That water molecules move out
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