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Biology - Amylase Investigation Planning We were asked to investigate how enzymes work in different conditions for out investigation. Enzymes, also called catalysts, are in living things and there are thousand of them. Enzymes break down food by the active site on the Enzyme forming a chemical bond with a substrate and then water attacks the substrate until it is hydrolysed (split in 2). Enzymes are very specific as only one type of food will fit in a particular Enzyme, this is called the lock and key affect. We had to find out if Amylase breaks down starch faster or slower in different situations and to alter one of its factors. I will do an experiment to see if altering the temperature of Amylase will change its rate of reaction. To change the temperature of the amylase I will put it in a ice bath to get its temperature as low as...

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