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Effect that the temperature has on the rate at which the Amylase (enzyme) can breakdown its starch (substrate)
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Effect that the temperature has on the rate at which the Amylase (enzyme) can breakdown its starch (substrate) Aim The aim of this experiment is to find out the effect that the temperature has on the rate at which the Amylase (enzyme) can breakdown its starch (substrate). Hypothesis I predict that the higher the temperature the higher the rate at which the enzyme breaks down its substrate would increase until it reaches the optimum point it will then decrease. For amylase the optimum is approximately 40?C. I know this because there are 2 types of amylase which are both found in the human body, the human body is at 37?C so that is why 40?C is the optimum. As temperature gets higher enzyme activity increases. This is because the movement of enzyme molecules and substrate molecules increases. This causes more collisions between enzyme and substrate and result in the formation of more products. Once...
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