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Effect of temperature on the enzyme pectinase in fruit juice production.
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Effect of temperature on the enzyme pectinase in fruit juice production AIM: To investigate the effect of temperature on the work of the enzyme pectinase in fruit juice production. INTRODUCTION It is stated that temperature has an effect on Enzymes. I am going to investigate this fact using my chosen enzyme Pectinase. This enzyme is used in the fruit juice industry and I am going to use this enzyme to explore the question: How Does Temperature Affect Enzymes? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up the rate of a reaction without being changed or used up in any way. They are protein molecules that are tailored to recognize and bind specific reactants and speed their conversion into products. These proteins are responsible for increasing the rates of all of the many thousand of reaction taking place inside cells. Activation energy is the energy barrier over which the molecules in a system must be...
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