The Effect of Temperature on an Enzyme Catalyzed Reaction - Student Handout

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General Biology, BIO 123 Investigating the action of Horseradish Peroxidase – Week #2 During week #2, we will be investigating the effect of varying temperatures on the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. Investigating the Effect of Enzyme Concentration on an Enzyme-Catalyzed Reaction Experimental protocol Materials list Enzyme extract prepared during session #1 10 mM H 2 O 2 hydrogen peroxide solution 25 mM Guaiacol solution Citrate Phosphate buffer, pH 5 (2) 100 ml beakers Test tube rack (9) clean test tubes Green pipette pump (for use with 5 - 10 mL pipettes) 5 mL pipettes Blue pipette pump (for use with 1 mL pipettes) 1 mL pipettes Spectrophotometer (5) clean cuvettes for spectrophotometer (1) cuvette rack (1) box of kimwipes to clean outside of cuvettes 100 mL graduated cylinder Masking tape (use to label test tubes) Marker Metric ruler Timer Step 1: Determining the Dilution of Enzyme to be Used For this experiment, we will be testing the effects of different temperatures on the rate of an enzyme catalyzed reaction. As such, during this experiment you need to chose one enzyme dilution to study. To do this, you will review your graph generated by the data you gathered during the first lab session. You should select the enzyme extract dilution from the previous experiment that resulted in an increase in absorbance over the entire 120- second time period. You want to select the line that illustrates a large increase, but does not ‘max out’ to infinity early in the time period. Once you have determined which dilution you want to use, please review your choice with your instructor for confirmation. Once your choice is confirmed, fill in the volume of enzyme extract and buffer that you will be using for test tubes # 3, 5, 7 and 9 in Table #3. Step 2: Setting up the Experiment The exposure temperatures to be used in this study will be that of a cooler of ice at approximately 5 o C, room temperature at approximately 20 – 24 o C, as well as 34 o C and a 60 o C water baths. Since the temperature of the ice and room temperature may vary, you must confirm and fill in the actual temperatures in Table #3. Protocol: 1. Using masking tape, label your other 100 mL beaker “citrate phosphate buffer pH 5 2. Using a graduated cylinder, add 25 mL room temperature citrate-phosphate buffer pH 5 to the beaker 3. Obtain (9) clean test tubes. 4. Using masking tape, label the test tubes 1 – 9. 5. Before you begin filling the test tubes, review Table #3. Note the following information: a. What is going in to test tube #1? Note the color of the solution.
b. What is going in to test tubes 2,4,6, and 8? Note the color of the solution c. What is going in to test tubes 3,5,7, and 9? Note the color of the solution d. What is the total volume of test tube #1? e. What is the total volume of test tubes 2,4,6, and 8? f. What is the total volume of test tubes 3,5,7, and 9? 6. When you are setting up the test tubes for the experiment, it is very important that you do not mix or cross contaminate the contents of the test tubes. 7. The solutions containing guaiacol and H 2 O 2 will be stored in separate bottles that have dispensers (called dispensettes) on them. You will use the dispensettes to deliver the specified volumes to specific test tubes as indicated in table #3. a. The bottle containing guaiacol will be set to deliver 1.0 mL. b. The bottle containing H 2 O 2 will be set to deliver 2.0 mL. 8. You will use pi-pumps and disposable pipettes to deliver the specified volumes of citrate phosphate buffer pH 5 to the specific test tubes as indicated in table #3. 9. Once you have set up all of your test tubes, show them to your instructor. You are now ready to move on to the next part of the experiment.
Table #3 The Effect of Various Temperatures on an Enzyme-Catalyzed Reaction: Test tube contents Test tube number Incubation Temperature Citrate- phosphate buffer, pH 5 (mL) 10 mM H 2 O 2 (mL) Enzyme extract (mL) 25 mM Guaiacol (mL) 1 Blank 5.0 2.0 0 1.0 2 Ice _____ o C 0 2.0 0 1.0 3 Ice _____ o C 0 0 4 Room temp _____ o C 0 2.0 0 1.0 5 Room temp _____ o C 0 0 6 34 o C 0 2.0 0 1.0 7 34 o C 0 0 8 60 o C 0 2.0 0 1.0 9 60 o C 0 0 Couplet #4 Test tubes # 8 & 9 Couplet #3 Test tubes # 6 & 7 Couplet #2 Test tubes # 4 & 5 Couplet #1 Test tubes # 2 & 3
Step 3: Incubating Samples in Varying Temperatures 1. Place the two tubes prepared for a specific temperature at that temperature for 10 minutes. DO NOT MIX THE TUBES YET. a. Important Note: After the incubation period, do not take all of your samples out of the various temperatures at the same time because by the time you take the readings for one set, all of the other samples will not be at the correct temperature anymore. Due to this, do only one couplet at a time . 2. During the incubation period, use Tube # 1 to calibrate your spectrophotometer. 3. When the incubation period (at least 10 minutes) has elapsed for each couplet, quickly bring them over to your spectrophotometer and begin taking readings. Mix the contents of the two test tubes together (time zero) and transfer them quickly to a cuvette. Read and record the absorbance at 500 nm wavelength in Table #4. 4. Continue to record absorbance at 20 sec intervals for a total of 120 secs. Table #4 Absorbance readings: The effect of varying temperature on an enzyme catalyzed reaction Incubation Temperature 0 sec 20 sec 40 sec 60 sec 80 sec 100 sec 120 sec Ice _____ o C Room temp _____ o C 34 o C 60 o C
Step 4: Generating the data and Experimental Design For this experiment, you will be using a spectrophotometer to accurately measure the final color of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction. Remember, you will start out with colorless solutions. For the experimental portion, you will be mixing substrates with varying concentrations of the HRP enzyme. To measure enzyme activity, the spectrophotometer will allow us to accurately detect the absorbance of each solution. The spectrophotometer will expose each sample to specific wavelengths of visible light and will detect and measure how much of the wavelength is absorbed by the solution.
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