How Does Temperature Affect The Activity Of Amylase

Introduction
Have you ever bit into a nice big juicy bacon double cheeseburger and your mouth began to salivate before the food has entered your mouth? The reason why you salivate is because your body wants to release an enzyme called amylase. Amylase is the enzyme found in your saliva. The purpose of this enzyme is to help in the digestion process (McD, 2002). Enzymes are biological catalyst that help speed up the reaction by lowering the activation energy. These enzymes allow your food to be digested at a faster rate (National Institute of Asian Medicine, 2007). There are many factors that can affect the efficiency of enzymes which include pH levels, the amount of substrate, inhibitors, and temperature (Your Mom, 1996). Temperature is the independent variable that will be looked at to see how it will affect the activity of enzymes.
Previous research has shown that an increase of temperature has increased the efficiency of enzymes (Dr. Jen’s Brain, 2016). The reason why this occurs is because an increase of temperature increases the molecular movement of molecules including enzymes (Stephen Hawking’s Chair, 2007). We propose that higher temperatures will allow for the enzyme to work faster than enzymes at lower temperatures. As a result, amylase from a higher temperature will cause a color change in Lugol’s Iodine faster than amylase from lower temperature. This knowledge would help doctors with patients who are suffering from stomach