Enzyme

Introduction In mostly all living things, many biological processes are too inefficient to occur on their own. With the help of enzymes, or protein catalysts, the efficiency of these chemical reactions becomes much greater having less of an effect on the cells they occur in. Enzymes help to increase the overall rate of these reactions by lowering the energy needed to activate this process during the transitional phase. They can do this without being consumed or permanently altered by the…

Activity of Enzymes within a Potato Independent Variable: Temperature Dependent Variable: Visible amount of Fizz Constant: Size of Potato being used Introduction We have studied information about chemical reactions and how a catalyst is used to speed up reactions. We have learned that enzymes (proteins) in eukaryotic cells work as a catalyst to make this possible. Each enzyme in a eukaryotic cells has specific molecules it binds to, as they have a specific frame work. This…

Enzyme kinetics can be analyzed under various different conditions (temperature, pH, substrate concentration) with additional components (substrates, inhibitors, etc.) to gain information about the properties of the enzyme of interest. Information pertaining to different enzymes is significant to the advancement of pesticide and therapeutic drug technologies. The aim of this experiment was to gain reaction rate information pertaining to the enzyme wheat germ acid phosphates at varying substrate…

molecules are broken down into simpler compounds. (Butterworth, Ellis, Warren 2011). These polysaccharides made of glucose monomers are broken down into maltose, a disaccharide made of two glucose units. Further experimentations in 1833 found that an enzyme, later known as amylase, present in the…

Rate of Reaction for Enzyme Peroxidase When analyzing living organisms, it is merely impossible to overlook the role that metabolism plays. Metabolism, is a series of chemical reactions that occur in a living organisms cells. When referring to metabolism, one must also note that metabolism contains two distinct metabolic pathways, catabolic and anabolic. Catabolic pathways involve the process of breaking down molecules in order to obtain the energy needed by living organisms. Meanwhile,…

definition an enzyme are biological catalyst that facilitates specific chemical reactions. What this means is that an enzyme is a protein its function is to function as catalyst which lowers the activation energy for the reaction to occur quicker. Enzymes have different ways that it reacts with substrates. One way is that an enzyme reacts with a substrate is by bringing two substrates together correctly or by stressing particular bonds of substrates. By doing on or the other an enzyme can lower…

Enzymes and Metabolic Rates Introduction Enzymes are catalysts that speed up chemical reactions without being consumed or changed themselves. Each enzyme has a substrate that will match perfectly, almost as if it is a lock and key fit. If the substrate does not fit the enzyme only partial to no function will occur. Each enzyme is formed of polypeptide chains that wind and bend to form complex grooves and valleys. These grooves are the active sites. The active site is where the substrate will…

called enzymes. These enzymes use various tactics to speed up the reaction. It may reduce the activation energy used to carry out the reaction, or it may break down large molecules so they will react faster. They may also form a new molecule by binding two old ones together (Castro). Enzymes are very particular, one specific enzyme can only speed up one specific reaction. there are factors that will affect the enzyme and it’s productivity, such as pH and substrate concentration. Every enzyme has…

Objective: To understand the function of an enzyme when it undergoes different conditions such as temperature, PH, and concentration of the enzyme. Introduction: In our lab “Enzyme Action” we were testing the enzyme reaction with different substrates. In our lab we tested 3 different enzymes and substrates to find out when they are at the highest potential. Enzymes are necessary for life because they keep our bodies chemical reactions at a normal pace. Enzymes have the ability to keep a human…

BIO LAB 1130.036 December 1, 2016 They call me DJ Enzyme because I 'm always breaking it down Abstract: Although protein function is thought to depend on the dynamics of the molecule and its environment contribute to catalytic mechanisms. The increase and decrease of temperatures affected the rate of reaction. In nature, organisms adjust the conditions of their enzymes to produce an optimum rate of reaction, where necessary, may have enzymes which are adapted to function well in extreme…