Exploring Enzymes - Ground-Up Tissue Activity Abstract Our experiment looked at how increasing the surface area of a substance affects the amount of bubbles created due to the presence of the enzyme catalase. The experiment used two pieces of fish‚ one whole and one ground up‚ which were then covered in hydrogen peroxide. This method allowed us to observe the catalase in ground up fish break down the hydrogen peroxide at a quicker rate than in the piece of fish left intact. This was determined
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temperature was above 40Ëšc the enzyme did not work as efficiently‚ even with the extra energy‚ as they had become deformed. Where the enzyme does not work so well or does not even work at all the active site if the enzyme had changed. The enzyme had not died as it is not a living organism. With the shape of the active site changed the enzyme is unable to perform the "lock and key" action the enzyme is meant to do in order to catalyse a reaction. The specified enzyme is shaped to "lock" on to
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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 is
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Biology Enzymes IA Design Introduction: Enzymes are globular proteins‚ they are responsible for most of the chemical activities of a living organism. They act as catalysts‚ substances that affects the reaction of other substances without being destroyed or altered during the process. They are extremely efficient in the body system of living organisms‚ one enzyme may catalyse over a thousand chemical reactions every second. But there are certain conditions that need to be fulfilled in order for the
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Lecture 3: Enzyme kinetics Tue 17 Jan 2006 with the collaboration of Luna De Ferrari 1 Images from: D. L. Nelson‚ Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry‚ IV Edition‚ W. H. Freeman ed. A. Cornish-Bowden Fundamentals of Enzyme Kinetics‚ Portland Press‚ 2004 A. Cornish-Bowden Enzyme Kinetics‚ IRL Press‚ 1988 Computational Systems Biology Summary: • • • • • • 2 Simple enzyme kinetics Steady-state rate equations Reactions of two substrates Inhibition of enzyme activity pH dependence
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When converted to pepsin‚ the enzyme is used to break down large or undigested protein they has been absorbed by the small intestine. The digestive power of pepsin is greatest at the acidity of normal gastric juice (pH 1.5–2.5). In the intestine the gastric acids are neutralized (pH 7)‚ and pepsin is no longer effective. "Pepsin (biochemistry)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. Research Question: Does changing the pH of pepsin affect the ability to
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Introduction Enzymes are catalytic proteins. The purpose of a catalyst is to speed up metabolic reactions by lowering the free energy of activation or activation energy. Activation energy is known as the amount of energy needed to push the reactants over an energy barrier‚ so that the downhill part of the reaction can begin (Campbell 151). In an enzyme catalyzed reaction‚ the enzyme binds to its substrate‚ which is the reactant an enzyme acts on. In the reactions‚ the enzymes are very specific
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Enzymes are catalysts that speed up chemical reaction but are not themselves consumed or changed by the reaction. The cell’s biological catalysts are proteins. Proteins are made up of one or more polypeptide chains that are folded to make an active site‚ an area in which a material to be acted on by the enzyme‚ called the substrate‚ will fit. The temperature‚pH‚ the concentration of enzyme‚ and the concentration of substrate all affect the activity of the enzyme and the rate of the reaction. The
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BIOCHEMISTRY 304 Enzyme Kinetic Sample Problems #1 September 2004 1 Given the reaction k1 kp E + S ES E + P k-1 where k1 = 1 x 107 M-1 sec-1 k-1 = 1 x 102 sec-1‚ and kp = 3 x 102 sec-1 a) Calculate Ks b) Calculate Km (a) k-1 1 x 102 sec-1 Ks = k1 = 1 x 107 M-1 sec-1 = 1 x 10-5 M (b) k-1 + kp (1 x 102 sec-1) + (3 x 102 sec-1)
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The Effects of pH on Slime Mold Dg Nicole Harris BIOL181 – 059 1 December 2011 The theory that slime mold is attracted to acidic solutions was examined by the slime mold‚ Dg. Dg’s preference of pH was examined by using a variety of pH solutions in a petri dish. The data suggests that the growth of fruiting bodies observed in pH 9 was comparable to that of pH 4. INTRODUCTION The 2002 scientific journal‚ “The Costs and Benefits
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