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An Investigation into factors affecting the rate of breakdown of sucrose by the enzyme sucrase
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An Investigation into factors affecting the rate of breakdown of sucrose by the enzyme sucrase Plan I am going to investigate the factors affecting the rate of the breakdown of sucrose by the enzyme sucrase. Sucrose is a complex sugar, which is stored and transferred around plants. However, the sucrose cannot be used to provide energy until it is broken down into 2 simple sugars, glucose and fructose. The enzyme sucrase, a biological catalyst which speeds up the rates of reaction, is used to break down the sucrose, the substrate, to form glucose and fructose, the products. There are 4 main factors which affect the rate at which an enzyme works - the enzyme concentration, the substrate concentration, the pH of the solution the enzyme is working in, and the temperature of the environment in which the enzyme is working. I have chosen to investigate temperature and its effect on the...
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