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'Carry out an investigation to determine a factor affecting the rate of digestion of gelatin by the protease trypsin'.
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Biology Coursework 'Carry out an investigation to determine a factor affecting the rate of digestion of gelatin by the protease trypsin'. Introduction Trypsin is an endopeptidase, protease enzyme that is made in the pancreas and used to digest proteins so that the body can absorb them into the blood. A broader term for enzymes is a 'biological catalyst' this is because they dramatically speed up digestion. Enzymes have many characteristics, they denature at high temperatures (the optimum temperature for trypsin is about 50 degrees) and they denature an extreme pH (the pH in which trypsin is used is about pH7). Being catalysts, enzymes are not used up in the reactions in which they take place and they only work for certain proteins. In my experiment, I will obtain results, investigating the effect different temperatures have on the enzyme trypsin. When dealing with enzymes one must know about the lock and key theory, this...
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