Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
I have to plan and carry out an experiment to investigate the way in which concentration of a substrate affects the rate of an enzyme-catalysed reaction.
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Sat Jan 29 2005
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:
Tom Davis 11LJJ Biology substrate investigation. I have to plan and carry out an experiment to investigate the way in which concentration of a substrate affects the rate of an enzyme-catalysed reaction. I will need to carry out some background information to find out what may affect my experiment. Background Information: An enzyme is a biological catalyst. They speed up the rate of a reaction however they are not affected themselves whilst doing this, this is why they are catalysts. Enzymes are made to be specific; this means that they can have only one substrate that they will work on. Each enzyme has an active site that is where their own specific substrate's molecule will fit into. Enzymes all work best at an optimum temperature that is usually body temperature at 37C. If the temperature that the enzyme has to work at gets too high, normally 40C it will start to become denatured...
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 151,744 others
