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The aim of this experiment is to find the optimum temperature of the reaction between amylase and starch.
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Aim: The aim of this experiment is to find the optimum temperature of the reaction between amylase and starch. The optimum temperature is the temperature at which the reaction between amylase and starch takes place the fastest. The reaction consists of 'the breaking down of starch into maltose by Amylase'. Starch is made up of hundreds of glucose molecules joined together to form long chains called Polysaccharides. The Amylase breaks down these into smaller chains of molecules called Disaccharides creating Maltose. Hypothesis: I think that the optimum temperature of the reaction between amylase and starch would be about 37°C because amylase is an enzyme which is located inside the pancreas in the body, whose optimum temperature is 37°C. Amylase is a large soluble protein enzyme, which is a biological catalyst. A catalyst is something which speeds up a reaction but does not use up itself to do so,...
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