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To investigate the effect of concentration on the activity of trypsin, using blackcurrant jelly as the substrate
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To investigate the effect of concentration on the activity of trypsin, using blackcurrant jelly as the substrate Background information Enzymes are biological catalysts, which speed up the rate of reaction, without being used up during the reaction. Enzymes are made of globular proteins, and therefore, have optimum temperatures and pH. After the optimum conditions the protein structure will be broken down, and the enzyme is said to be denatured, and after this the enzyme will have no affect on increasing the rate of reaction. In the process of digestion the trypsin acts to break down dietary protein molecules into their component peptides and amino acids. Trypsin is an example of a protease and is secreted by the pancreas in the small intestine. There are two groups of proteases, one endopeptidases and exopeptidases. Trypsin belongs to the endopeptidases group, which means that it is only able to hydrolyse specific peptide bonds; in the...
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