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The Effect of copper sulphate on the activity of catalase.
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Title: The Effect of copper sulphate on the activity of catalase. Aim: The aim of this experiment is to determine how copper sulphate affects the activity of catalase through the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen gas. The activity of catalase can only be determined by the volume of oxygen evolved in the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. The enzyme catalase is an oxidase that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen-peroxide to form water and oxygen. H2O 2 H2O + O2 In the above reaction, hydrogen-peroxide acts as the substrate, when mixed with the enzyme catalase (which will be yeast in the experiment). The hydrogen-peroxide and catalase will then react to form an enzyme-substrate complex which results to the formation of two products which are water molecule and oxygen gas. The inhibitor used in this experiment will be copper sulphate which will have effect on the activity of catalase. The activity of catalase can be measured...
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