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The activity of the enzyme Tyrosinase
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The activity of the enzyme Tyrosinase Introduction: In this assignment I will be looking at how two factors affect the activity of the enzyme tyrosinase. These factors include the concentration of the substrate and the concentration of the enzyme. Other factors that also have an affect on the rate of a reaction include temperature and pH where enzymes have an optimal pH, which they work at. Biological processes are controlled by the action of enzymes, which are biological catalysts. Enzymes act on specific substrates and their active site shape is complementary to their shape of the substrate. The enzyme and substrate form an enzyme-substrate complex. An enzyme substrate can be only formed if the enzyme's active site and the substrate have complementary shapes. The enzyme is said to have a three dimensional shape. This said to be complementary to that of the substrate and binding the substrate to the enzymes active site...
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