Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
An investigation into the breakdown of Hydrogen Peroxide by Catalase.
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Mon Oct 13 2003
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
An investigation into the breakdown of Hydrogen Peroxide by Catalase Background Theory An enzyme is a protein. It is a globular protein - its molecules are round in shape and they usually have an area shaped like a pocket. This 'pocket' is called the active site. This is the area where a substrate can join the enzyme and be divided into two or more products. It can be compared to a 'lock and key' system, the lock being the substrate, and the key the enzyme. This is demonstrated in the diagram below: ENZYME ENZYME and SUBSTRATE ENZYME We could think of this process as similar to a person catching a ball. As the ball enters the person's hands they close around it. In the case of the enzyme, the 'ball' is the substrate and the 'hands' the enzyme. The enzyme 'catches' the substrate and then it puts pressure on the bonds within it....
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 146,186 others
Receive email updates for this category
- Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
- Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
- Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk
