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TEMPERATURE ON CATALASE
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TEMPERATURE ON CATALASE The effect of temperature on catalase Planning In this experiment, I will be investigating the effect that temperature has on the enzyme catalase. My hypothesis is that as the temperature increases, the rate of the reaction will increase up to a certain point after which the enzyme will denature. I predict that the denaturing point will be at about 50ºC. This is the shape of the graph I expect to get for the rate of reaction: I made my hypothesis based on the knowledge I already have about enzymes. At lower temperatures, molecules are moving very slowly. Due to this, substrate molecules are not binding with the enzyme molecules, as the substrate molecules are moving too slow to collide frequently with the active site. As the temperature rises the movement of the molecules increases, causing collisions to happen more often. The speed at which the molecules are moving means they will collide with more energy,...
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