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An investigation into the conditions needed for the successful working of enzymes.
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An investigation into the conditions needed for the successful working of enzymes. I am going to carry out a series of investigations on the enzyme catalase. Catalase Catalase is a hemoprotein with four subunits of equal size. It catalyzes the following reaction: Catalase is present in a wide variety of tissues from animals, plants and microorganisms. Mammalian liver contains high concentrates of enzyme. Bovine liver catalase has a molecular weight of 250 000 with four subunits of equal size. Catalase is found in our blood and cells. When we cut ourselves there is a lot of catalase floating around in both the blood and damaged cells. Hydrogen peroxide is a very good antiseptic which when used on a cut comes into contact with the catalase and turns into water and oxygen. Catalase does this extremely efficiently with up to 200 000 reactions per second. The bubbles you would see in...
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