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Biology: Factors that affect enzyme activity
Category: Science > Biology Asked by: ripcurlgirl83-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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02 Jun 2006 16:34 PDT
Expires: 02 Jul 2006 16:34 PDT Question ID: 734859 |
Describe the factors that affect enzyme activity. Explain the effect on enzyme activity, and explain what is happening to the enzyme or to the reaction |
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Re: Biology: Factors that affect enzyme activity
From: sonoritygenius-ga on 02 Jun 2006 17:31 PDT |
Enzymes are gobular proteins that function to catalyze specific reactions in the body. The enzyme rate is affected by Temperature, pH levels, Hydrogen ion concentration and possibly temperature. Most enzymes are substrate-specific in a fixed area i.e either acidic or basic, so they may denature if any of the factors mentioned above come in play. Sometimes enzymes are inhibited by coenzymes, or substrate-like molecules. But, most of this will be in Your general bio text ;) |
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Re: Biology: Factors that affect enzyme activity
From: aywang31-ga on 02 Jun 2006 20:53 PDT |
Note about temperature: Temperatures lower than that of the natural environment the enzyme resides in may slow the reaction or destroy the enzyme. Temperatures higher may increase the reaction rate or destroy the enzyme. The reasons for slower and faster reaction rates are because the temperature is directly proportional to the kinetic energy of the enzyme and surrounding molecules. Higher kinetic energy makes for a higher chance for the enzyme to bump into molecules that it will react with. Kinetic energy and temperature relationships can easily be found in a general physics or chemistry text. |
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Re: Biology: Factors that affect enzyme activity
From: ripcurlgirl83-ga on 09 Jun 2006 21:19 PDT |
lol |
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