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Effect Of An Inhibitor Such As Copper Sulphate On The Activity Of Catalase
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Effect Of An Inhibitor Such As Copper Sulphate On The Activity Of Catalase The enzyme Catalase catalysis the decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide to form smaller molecules: water and oxygen gas. In the reaction: 2H2O2 ------------> 2H2O + O2 The aim of this investigation is to find out how different concentration of Copper Sulphate (inhibitor) effect the activity of the enzyme Catalase. Hypothesis: As the concentration of Copper Sulphate increases the activity of Catalase will decrease and vice versa. In other word, at one extreme (high concentration) of CuSO4, the production of Oxygen will likely to stop completely and at the other extreme (low concentration) of CuSO4 the production of Oxygen is likely to continue with out no change. If the amount of inhibitor is fixed, then increasing the substrate concentration can reduce chances of inhibition by CuSO4. As two types of molecules are competing for the Catalase active site. The more H2O2 molecules there are,...
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