Essays Tagged: "Enzyme catalysis"

Basics Of Biochemistry

roteins- insulin and growth factor. Transport proteins- hemoglobin. Defense proteins- immunoglobin. Enzymes are the largest group of proteins, they regulate reactions.-Nucleic Acids- composed of a sug ... n the body, they are in charge of protein synthesis and contain all genetic information.9. What are enzymes? Why are they important? Name several properties of enzymes.Enzymes are proteins that acts a ...

(3 pages) 94 1 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

Enzymes and Their Properties

work, or any other purpose that people see fit. Please do not critique my format, it's not an essay!Enzymes are proteins that acts as catalysts in organisms. A catalyst is a substance that speeds up r ... lace by bringing molecules in contact with each other, no longer relying on chance collisions. Most enzymes end in 'ase'. The active site of the enzyme is the part that comes in contact with the subst ...

(1 pages) 51 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Enzymes

Enzymes'Enzymes are biological catalysts. A catalyst is defined as a substance that increases the ra ... tance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanentchange. Enzymes do precisely this in living things. Without them, the rate of the reactions would be so slow ... Without them, the rate of the reactions would be so slow as to cause serious, if not fatal, damage. Enzymes have two main functions: To act as highly specific catalysts, and also to provide a way of c ...

(5 pages) 57 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The effect of concentration of enzyme and enzyme substrate on the rate of an Enzyme-catalysed reaction

This experiment will be an investigation into enzyme activity. Wherever enzymes are used one has to bear in mind that there are various factors wh ... actors which affect the enzyme activity.I will be investigating how different concentrations of the enzyme catalase affect the rate at which hydrogen peroxide is broken down into water and oxygen. In ... east will be added to a fixed volume and concentration of hydrogen peroxide for a fixed time length.Enzymes are protein molecules that function as catalysts, that is they can speed up a chemical react ...

(13 pages) 84 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Enzyme substrate complex

Amylase Starch Maltose I2KI starchBenedicts sugarLike most chemical reactions, the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction increases as the temperature is raised. A ten degree Centigrade rise in te ... mperature is raised. A ten degree Centigrade rise in temperature will increase the activity of most enzymes by 50 to 100%. Variations in reaction temperature as small as 1 or 2 degrees may introduce c ...

(4 pages) 46 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Specificity and Catalytic Effectiveness of Enzymes

Enzymes, which are usually proteins, are biological catalysts--agents that change the rate of a reac ... gents that change the rate of a reaction but are unchanged by the reaction. The molecules, which an enzyme reacts with, are called substrate. Enzymes reduce the activation energy needed for a reaction ... es reduce the activation energy needed for a reaction. An active site is the specific portion of an enzyme that attaches to the substrate by means of weak chemical bonds. Active sites can lower the ac ...

(1 pages) 22 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Enzyme Kinetics Lab Report: The reaction rate of enzyme, '-amylase in Starch-Iodine solution at different temperatures and pH levels

Abstract:This experimentation was to evaluate absorbance and the reaction rate of an enzyme, '-amylase in starch-iodine solution. We will be testing the relationship between enzymatic r ... the relationship between enzymatic reaction affected by temperature and pH. Through the testing the enzyme at different temperatures, and different pH levels; it would determine at which temperature a ... r specific graphs were drawn to determine at which pH level and temperature was the optimum for the enzyme after the experiment. Although hypothesis that I made that it would work best under temperatu ...

(8 pages) 161 1 3.3 Feb/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

AP Biology Enzyme Synthesis Lab Report

Enzyme Catalysis 牋牋牋牋Introduction and Overview- In this lab, we will obs ... this lab, we will observe the conversion of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into water and oxygen gas. An enzyme known as catalase facilitates this conversion reaction. The catalase enzyme acts as catalysis ... talase enzyme acts as catalysis, helping lower the energy needed to activate the reaction while the enzyme itself is not affected. The reaction could take place without the help of catalase, but it wo ...

(5 pages) 82 0 4.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Enzyme Concentration

The Effect of Enzyme Catalysis Concentration On the Substrate Reaction Rates Name here Biology October 21, 2001 En ... 2001 Enzyme Concentration 2 Abstract Hydrogen Peroxide 1.5% was germinated with different levels of enzyme catalase concentrations from 100% enzyme to 0% enzyme, adding water to dilute the concentrati ... om 100% enzyme to 0% enzyme, adding water to dilute the concentrations. The reaction rate with 100% enzyme concentration, opposed to the other levels of enzyme concentration, increased the catalystic ...

(3 pages) 47 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry