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The effect of Temperature on the activity of an enzyme.
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The effect of Temperature on the activity of an enzyme Background information An Enzyme is a special type of protein that is found in the membrane systems in the body. Enzymes help us digest food chemicals like carbohydrates and lipids. Enzymes are a form of catalyst, a catalyst is a chemical that speeds up a reaction but is not used up by it. In this experiment, the enzyme used will be trypsin and the substrate will be milk. Trypsin is an enzyme that digests protein, in this case the proteins in milk. Trypsin is one of the proteases from the pancreas; it is secreted as the inactive trypsinogen and is activated by enterokinose, an enzyme secreted by the line of the duodenum. The substrate in this experiment is milk, when trypsin is added, it will start digesting the protein in the milk and soon the milk will turn clear, this signals...
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