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An Experiment to investigate change in the' rate of reaction' of potato Catalase enzymes due to varied concentrations of hydrogen peroxide.
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An Experiment to investigate change in the' rate of reaction' of potato Catalase enzymes due to varied concentrations of hydrogen peroxide. Definition of an Enzyme: - Enzymes are biological catalysts which control all the chemical reactions inside cells How Enzymes work. Enzymes are biological catalysts; these are in all living creatures, these catalysts speed up the rate of reactions. Most enzymes are globular proteins; their molecules are round in shape. The enzymes speed up the process of conversion of substrates into products. The shape of the enzyme molecule is what is important; they have an area, like a gap in the molecule, which is, called the active site. The substrate molecule(s) "plug in" to the active site on the enzyme molecule. The molecules can then be broken down (or built up) far more quickly than if they were moving around randomly. An enzyme will only catalyze it's "own" particular...
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