Sult2b1b Enzyme Lab Report

I think that at a balanced pH level (pH 7) like water, enzyme activity will be at the highest.

Hold the IKI spray bottle 25 - 30 cm away from the paper towel, and mist with the IKI solution.

The optimum pH level would be pH 7. This is because this is where the highest amount of enzyme activity is taking place.

Hydrogen Peroxide, or H2O2, is harmful to most living organisms but can be converted to oxygen and water before the damage is permanent. This is thanks to enzymes, the biological catalysts that increase the rate of reactions. Enzymes can be studied by measuring the rates of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. This can be done in a number of ways, including measuring the pressure of the product as it appears, measuring the rate of disappearance of the substrate, and measuring the rate of appearance of a product.

I. Purpose: A solution of hydrogen peroxide will be combined with a solution of enzyme catalase, to be continuously agitated for different stretches of time until enzyme activity is halted by the addition of hydrogen sulfate. The rate of H₂O₂ decomposition of each trial will be measured and compared.

Enzymes are catalysts that lower the activation energy required to start a biological reaction and affects the rate of the rection. The enzyme can become denatured when its surroundings change in temperature or pH. Molecules in the environment could also affect the enzymatic activity. Inorganic substances known as cofactors and organic molecules known as coenzymes can enhance or inhibit the enzymes activity. The cofactors or coenzymes can act to activate or inhibit the enzymatic activity. Peroxidase is a catalyst that catalyze substrate oxidation when a peroxide is present. The indicator guaiacol is easily oxidized by peroxidases. Guaiacol is used to indicate if the peroxidase enzyme is present in a solution. Turnip peroxidase breaks down hydrogen peroxide into water and

The Measure of Enzyme Lab #1 Matthew Red Ashley Kaylan Dr. DaCosta 9/13/2015 II Introduction: An Enzyme is a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction. In simpler terms this is a certain substance that is procured from another living organism that is used by others to create a reaction out of another substance. Tyrosinase or TYR is what is called a oxidase or enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation-reduction with special interest with reactions containing oxygen on a molecular level all of this is for the controlling the making and production of melanin.

The volume was recorded for this solution. The solution was transferred to a beaker and placed into a stirring ice bath, and 1.75 mL of cold methanol was slowly added to the solution for every 1.0 mL of the new volume of SV. After adding methanol, the solution was centrifuged at 10,000xg for 10 minutes. The pellet (PVI) was kept, while discarding SVI after putting aside 1.0 mL for later analysis. Water Extraction of the enzyme from PVI

A catalyst speeds up a reaction by lowering the activation energy that is used to start it. There are both organic and inorganic catalysts-one being an enzyme. An enzyme is an organic catalyst that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed by the reaction. Enzymes are proteins, meaning that they have a unique structure that dictates what their function is. This unique structure also determines what substrate, or specific reactant, the enzyme will catalyze. From there, the substrate and enzyme bind together; which leads to the reactants being created.

Some proteins are made up of amino acids that contain sulphur. There are only two amino acids that contain sulphur, Methionine and Cysteine. Methionine has a thioether side chain, -(CH2)2-S-CH3, whereas, cysteine has a thiol group side chain, -CH2-SH. In proteins, the cysteine side chains form covalent bonds between each other to produce disulphide bonds, as a result of oxidation. The process of oxidation produces stable

Bacterial tannase enzyme were purified from the 24 h old solid state culture filtrate of E. cloacae by two-step purification protocol consisting of ammonium sulfate precipitation (60%) followed by chromatography techniques, Ion exchange chromatography (DEAE) and Gel filtration chromatography (Sephadex G-100). In the final step, Ion exchange chromatography enzyme was purified 1.96 fold with 20.25% recovery and specific activity of 5.51U/mg, and then gel filtration chromatography enzyme was purified 1.45 fold with 29.97 recovery and specific activity of 4.08 U/mg (Table ). The purification of tannase from microbial source generally involves sequential chromatography techniques, mainly, ion exchange, gel filtration chromatography techniques (Qiu et al., 2011; Goncalves et al., 2011). In these steps, a considerable amount of enzyme is lost due to auto lysis and some remain physically adsorbed on the matrix. To overcome these constraints, single double step purification systems, like ion exchange, gel filtration

Enzymes the most important role of enzyme is to increase the speed of reactions to the extend that some reactions are multiplied millions of times in fraction of second. Another factor about enzymes is that they are not consumed in chemical reaction and much more they don’t alter equilibrium of a reaction .Enzymes can be seen in blood, gastric juices ,saliva, and fluids in the intestines. Enzymes also function as blood clotting. Branched Chain Amino-acid Transaminase-2 (BCAT2) is an aminotransferase enzyme which uses α-ketoglutarate in a big amount to form branched chain α-keto acids and glutamate. BCAT2 is found in mitochondrial inner membrane. The structure of BCAT in humans is consists of two parts: a small subunit and large subunit which are tied by a short looping connecting region. Each unit consists of four alpha-helices and a beta-pleated sheet .The ties in humans are all trans with the exlusion of bond between residues Gly338-Pro339. It

The Effect of Heat on Enzyme Reaction: The Effect of Heat, at Varying Temperatures, on the Viability of Biological Enzymes in Pineapple. Introduction: Enzymes are ‘worker’ molecules. They are globular proteins that act as catalysts of chemical reactions.

Furthermore, enzymatic activity may be affected by two inhibitors, competitive inhibitors, that bind to the active site blocking the substrate from binding, and noncompetitive inhibitors, allosteric inhibitors that change the shape of the active site blocking the substrate from binding. However, an allosteric activator increases an enzyme’s activity by keeping the enzyme’s active configuration; and a cofactor (metal ion) or coenzyme (organic molecule), located in the active site of the enzymes and assists directly with the catalyst (Raven et.al.,

From this lab experiment, I can conclude that the red cabbage solution is an effective indicator for the acidic, basic and neutral chemical compounds. I learned that the universal indicator is also a good solution for the three types of compounds. The colours are different depending on what substance you are testing. The colours that we discovered in the pH scale are pink, red or orange. As for bases the colour was either light or dark green sometimes yellow. The colours for neutral, were violet or purple.In real life we are exposed to acids and bases everyday. For example, citric acid is in lots of citrus foods such as lemons, oranges and grapefruits. It is also added to foods for flavouring, non perishable, and cleaning supply. Citric acid creates a taste that is sweet and sour.