Enzymatic Reactions Enzymes are proteins found in living things that speed up chemical reactions. They aid in nearly all metabolic processes‚ such as food digestion‚ molecule synthesis‚ and the storage/ release of energy. An enzyme speeds up the rate of the chemical reactions by lowering the reaction’s activation energy‚ which means that by definition‚ an enzyme functions as biological catalyst. The activation energy is the energy that is used to get a reaction started. The function of an
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What is Enzyme? Enzymes are protein that acts as speed up reactions and break down molecules in our body. However‚ different enzymes only work on certain types of molecules. Enzymes can accelerate the reactions by more than one million times.(3) In our human body‚ there are a total about forty thousand types of enzymes and each catalyzes different kind of molecule.(3) The molecules that enzymes help to accelerate is called substrates‚ and when enzyme is combined together with the substrate‚ it
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Brianna Cooper Brandon Boucher 2/16/12 Purpose: To understand how both voltaic and electrolytic cells function. Procedure: Refer to pages 34-36 of laboratory notebook for experimental details Results and Discussion: Voltaic Cell Reactions | | | Overall Cell Reaction | Observed Voltage | Theoretical Voltage | Cu2+(aq)+Zn(s) Cu(s)+Zn2+(aq) | 0.947 V | 1.10 V | Cu2+(aq)+Sn(s)Cu(s)+Sn2+(aq) | 0.571 V | 0.473 V | Cu2+(aq)+Fe(s) Cu(s)+Fe2+(aq) | 0.512 V | 0.777 V | Cu2+(aq)+Mg(s) Cu(s)+Mg2+(aq)
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May 1‚ 2013 Enzymes as Drug Targets Enzymes are defined as any of numerous proteins produced in living cells that accelerate or catalyze the metabolic processes of an organism. Enzymes are usually very selective in the molecules that they act upon‚ called substrates‚ often reacting with only a single substrate. The substrate binds to the enzyme at a location called the active site just before the reaction catalyzed by the enzyme takes place. Enzymes can speed up chemical reactions by up to a
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safety feature in vehicles. Sodium azide‚ potassium nitrate and silicon dioxide have been used in one design of airbag. [Source: www.hilalairbag.net] Sodium azide‚ a toxic compound‚ undergoes the following decomposition reaction under certain conditions. 2NaN 3 (s) → 2Na (s) + 3N 2 (g) Two students looked at data in a simulated computer-based experiment to determine the volume of nitrogen generated in an airbag. (a) Sodium azide involves ionic bonding‚ and
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of an enzyme-controlled reaction. How do these factors affect the chemical structure and properties of the enzyme. Many things can affect the rate of enzyme activity. The temperature of the enzyme‚ the pH of the solution‚ the concentration of the enzyme‚ substrate and the product. Also‚ another affector is the number of competitive and non-competitive inhibitors. As I cannot explain them all‚ I have chosen to explain the effect of temperature and also the effect of inhibitors on enzyme activity
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CHAPTER 4: ENZYMES Enzymes are biological catalysts. There are about 40‚000 different enzymes in human cells‚ each controlling a different chemical reaction. They increase the rate of reactions by a factor of between 106 to 1012 times‚ allowing the chemical reactions that make life possible to take place at normal temperatures. They were discovered in fermenting yeast in 1900 by Buchner‚ and the name enzyme means "in yeast". As well as catalysing all the metabolic reactions of cells (such as respiration
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temperature on enzymes‚ using a potato as a catalyst. The source of catalase is in the potato cells. 2H2O2 → O2 + H2O Planning: Introduction: An Enzyme is any one of many specialised organic substances‚ composed of polymers of amino acids‚ that act as catalysts to regulate the speed of the many chemical reactions involved in the metabolism of living organisms Enzymes are classified into several broad categories‚ such as hydrolytic‚ oxidising‚ and reducing‚ depending on the type of reaction they control
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temperature against time. The line produced on this graph was the extrapolated till the 170s mark. The equation of the line was found. The two equations were the equated‚ the downward sloping and the vertical line and the maximum temperature reached by the reaction was found. Change in temperature was found by subtracting the value obtained by the initial temperature value. Equation of the downward line y= -0.0064x+66.857 Equation of vertical line
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Energetics 5.1 5.1.1 Endothermic: A reaction in which energy is absorbed. If your reactants are at a lower energy level than your products then the reaction is endothermic this means it has a + ΔH° Exothermic: A reaction in which energy is released. If your reactants are at a higher energy level than your products then the reaction is exothermic this means it has a ΔH° Standard Enthalpy ( ΔH°) The internal energy stored in the reactants. Only changes in enthalpy can be measured
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