Enzymes Lab Report

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INTRODUCTION Enzymes are a type of protein that has a key role in helping cells carry out particular chemical reactions. It is a protein that is capable of speeding up chemical reactions by lowering the energy required to activate the reaction. It remains unaltered in the process and can be reused. Substrates, or reactants, are the original molecules before a chemical reaction occurs. The molecules that are the result of the chemical reaction is called the product. pH is a measure of the acidity of an aqueous solution. Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline. Pure water has a pH very close to 7. The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effects of substrate concentration and pH on the initial rate of enzyme-controlled reaction. METHODS I conducted five experiments. In each experiment, I had five test tubes with constant pH levels of an enzyme solution. The pH levels over the 5 experiments were 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. I added varying levels of substrate to the test tubes in each experiment. The amount of substrates were .5 grams, 1 gram, 2 grams, 4 grams, and 8 grams. The output of the experiment (the dependent variable) was the number of molecules of product formed per minute at (106). RESULTS Test Tube # | pH Level | Amount of Substrate | Number of Molecules of Product Formed per Minute (106) | Test Tube #1 | 3 | .5g | 19 | Test Tube #2 | 3 | 1.0g | 39 | Test Tube #3 | 3 | 2.0g | 82 | Test Tube #4 | 3 | 4.0g | 96 | Test Tube #5 | 3 | 8.0g | 96 | | | | | Test Tube #1 | 5 | .5g | 39 | Test Tube #2 | 5 | 1.0g | 81 | Test Tube #3 | 5 | 2.0g | 168 | Test Tube #4 | 5 | 4.0g | 198 | Test Tube #5 | 5 | 8.0g | 198 | | | | | Test Tube #1 | 7 | .5g | 72 | Test Tube #2 | 7 | 1.0g | 145 | Test Tube #3 | 7 | 2.0g | 300 | Test Tube #4 | 7 | 4.0g |

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