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Investigating how concentration of enzyme affects the rate of an enzyme controlled reaction.
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Sarah Walker Investigating how concentration of enzyme affects the rate of an enzyme controlled reaction Background information Every enzyme is a protein; proteins are one of the most complicated of the organic molecules. Below is a simplified description of proteins, enzymes and the way they work. Proteins are made up of monomers (building blocks) called amino acids, these amino acids link together in different orders with special bonds called 'peptide bonds', when they are linked together they form a straight chain known as a polypeptide chain. This chain can be coiled or folded into shapes; either alpha helixes or beta pleated sheets, bonds link these together in different ways creating a unique structure, which in the case of enzymes is globular (roughly spherical). Enzymes are catalysts to organic reactions (they increase the speed of the reaction without changing it or themselves). Every enzyme catalyses a different reaction, this is because the enzyme has an area...
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