Introduction: The purpose of this experiment is to measure the effects of changes in temperatures and pH on enzyme activity in skeletal muscle‚ particularly the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). LDH is a glycolytic enzyme which converts pyruvate to lactate in the following equation: LDH Pyruvate+ NADH ------------ Lactate + NAD The reaction above can move in both directions‚
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r Virtual Lab: Enzyme Controlled Reactions Instructions 1. Go to the following web-link in order to open the Virtual Lab: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/labs/BL_02/index.html 2. Open the Virtual Lab: Enzyme Controlled Reactions 3. The virtual lab simulation will be on the right side of the screen‚ and the “Question” column will be on the left side of the screen. 4. Click the monitor in the lab simulation to watch a video about enzyme action. 5. Click the “Information”
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Enzymes are catalytic proteins that selectively speed up chemical reactions without by consumed by the reaction itself (1). Enzyme activity is significantly affected by factors such as temperature‚ substrate concentration‚ enzyme concentration and pH. Enzymes are highly specific and only catalyse one specific chemical reaction‚ speeding up the reaction by lowering the activation energy‚ the energy required to start a chemical reaction (2). At high temperatures and with various mechanical forces or
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If the temperature is increased‚ the molecules will gain kinetic energy allowing them to move a lot more frequently. Enzymes begin a reaction when they randomly collide with the substrate molecule‚ this is where the enzyme will react upon. The speed and frequency of these collisions is dependent on the temperature‚ so an increase in temperature will effectively increase the rate of reaction and allow more products to be made. Consequently‚ an increase in the temperature will make the vibrational
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acid and digestive enzymes. B) Parietal cells- They secrete hydrochloric acid (HC) and intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12 in the small intestine. Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid that helps to break down food. The g-cells produce gastrin‚ a hormone that triggers the production of hydrochloric acid by the parietal cells. C) Chief cells- They secrete pepsinogen‚ the inactive form of pepsin. Pepsin is a protease‚ an enzyme that breaks down proteins
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1.7 Factors that affect the activity of an enzyme It is important when working with enzymes to understand basic enzymatic theory behind them when selecting conditions to measure the activity of the enzymes. The factors that are known to affect the concentration of enzymes are temperature‚ pH‚ concentration of enzyme‚ concentration of substrate‚ buffer type and concentration‚ the presence of any inhibitors and cofactors (Worthington-biochem.com). 1.7.1. Temperature With most catalysed reactions‚
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on Enzyme Activity Rate Abstract The reaction rate of an enzyme can be affected by many factors‚ and the purpose of this experiment was to find out how an increasing substrate concentration influences the rate of an enzyme activity; we obtained data from recording the absorbance of the samples which contain the same amount of potato juice (enzyme oxidase) and different amount of catechol (substrate) while holding pH and temperature constant. Our findings illustrate that the rate of enzyme activity
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Environment Can Effect Enzymes Introduction: In a chemical reaction there sometimes can be a catalyst present known as an enzyme. An enzyme is a protein that speeds up a chemical reaction by lowering the amount of activation energy required to start the reaction. By lowering the activation energy‚ more of the substrate is able to participate in the reaction‚ speeding it up. Enzymes are substrate specific. The substrate is what the enzyme bonds to. That is to say that enzyme A will only react with
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on rate of an enzyme reaction. Enzymes are biological catalysts that lower a reactions activation energy making possible many of the reactions needed for life to exist. Enzymes have a high specificity which have been explained by many theories such as Fischer’s lock and key. Currently the most widely accepted theory is the induced fit hypothesis proposed by Koshland in 1958. This hypothesis solves some of the problems with the Lock and key theory and helps to explain why enzymes only catalyze
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Enzymes are protein‚ they are used to catalyse metabolisms in all organisms. They break down complex molecules and build up complex molecules from simple molecules‚ these two processes are catabolic reaction and anabolic reaction respectively. Enzymes are needed in these two processes to catalyse releasing and taking up ATP molecules. Different sequence of amino acid produces different structure of protein‚ which determines the property of protein‚ thus each kind of enzymes has its unique active
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