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Investigation of how PH affects the action of the enzyme catalase.
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Investigation of how PH affects the action of the enzyme catalase Aim: The aim of this investigation is to discover the affects of PH on the enzyme catalase. Hypothesis: The enzyme calatase has an optimum PH at which it will catalyse a reaction. A PH above or below the optimum level will result in the enzyme not working at it's potential, causing it to decrease the reaction rate, or denature. The optimum PH at which the enzyme catalase will function correctly is around seven (neutral). The hypothesis explained What are enzymes? Enzymes are globular proteins that control reactions in living cells. They are biochemical catalysts, speeding up reactions that would otherwise happen too slowly to be of any use to the organism. An active enzyme may speed up a particular reaction, but living things do not need reactions to be carried out at a constant speed all the time. Enzymes interact with simpler molecules to...
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