Catalysis Enzyme Essay

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JUN 24 2011 Aim To find out at what temperature does catalyse enzyme work best in and in what optimum temperature the rate of reaction increases. Theory Enzyme is a substance of protein that helps digest food all around our body. Enzymes have the ability to catalyse reactions in living organisms. Catalyse enzymes are found all around our body especially in our liver. Catalyse enzyme creates hydrogen peroxide in to oxygen and water. There are two types of enzymes the builders and the breakers. Every enzyme has an optimum temperature that it works best in; they react faster and more quickly. Enzymes are used to digest different types of food such as fat, carbohydrates etc. catalyse enzymes are found in potato, they break down hydrogen peroxide and water in to oxygen. Catalyse enzymes work best in body temperature because they are well suited to that temperature. Catalyse enzymes can be affected by temperature, concentration level but it is mostly affected by temperature. The structure of an enzyme is that the food is a substrate and the enzyme has an active site. The substrate fits in to the active site to produce a molecule of enzyme. If the temperature condition is too hot or too cold then the enzyme would denature this means it will die and will not work again. So it is very important for an enzyme to be in a suitable condition with the right optimum temperature. The breakers. The breakers are a part of the enzyme structure. What they do is originally the substrate comes in one and fits inside the active site but what the breakers does is it breaks the substrate in to two parts which fit into the active site. It just basically breaks the substrate into two parts that is why it is called the breakers. The builders. What the builders do is build the substrate if it was broken in to two. It joins the substrate so that it fits into the active site

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