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    Enzymes are biological catalysts for speed up chemical reactions. They can be lowering its activation energy to enhance reaction rate. Enzymes active site will only bind with certain substrates for chemical reaction to occur. In fact, almost all metabolic processes need enzymes for maintain fast rate for life in cell (Stryer L et al., 2002). and, metabolic pathways are determined by the set of enzymes made. Enzymes can catalyze > 5,000 biochemical reaction (Schomburg I et al., 2013). Different from

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    Introduction: Although we might not always acknowledge this small proteins, enzymes have come to be revolutionary when it comes to our survival. This is because enzymes are an example of catalysts, which affect the rate at which a chemical reaction occurs by speeding up. Moreover, this is imperative for our survival because chemical reactions provide the energy required by our bodies to perform several life processes that allow us to carry out many of the activities we perform as part of

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    Information An enzyme is a biological catalyst. This means that it speeds up the rates of reactions, particularly those that are biological. The enzyme does not get used up in the reactions which it catalyzes. Instead, it remains unchanged such that it can be reused in similar reactions in the future. Like most other components in the body, enzymes are protein in nature. The nature of proteins is that they operate under optimum conditions of temperature, pH and the concentration of the enzyme or substrate

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    Biology Enzyme Experiement

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    An enzyme is a biological catalyst. It speeds up a reaction by lowering the activation energy required to start the reaction. It speeds up a reaction, but remains unchanged unless certain limiting factors are introduced. It is composed of polymers of amino acids. An enzyme has an optimum pH and temperature. When an enzyme is at its optimum conditions, the rate of reaction is the fastest. In their globular structure, one or more polypeptide chains twist and fold, bringing together a small number of

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    An enzyme is a macromolecule that acts as a catalyst, a chemical agent that speeds up a reaction without being consumed by the reaction (Coleman 2016). With different pHs and temperatures the enzyme’s rate of reaction can drastically alter. For example, peroxidase, a type of enzyme that is found in various plant tissues, was used to look into the reactions of Guaiacol + H2O2 -> Tetraguaiacol +2H2O mixed into test tubes. Following the extract of the enzyme the process of standardization was taking

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    Essay 1: Enzymes have the capability to make specific reactions take place at a faster rate. This means that enzymes are a catalyst, meaning that is speeds up reactions and is not consumed by the reaction. Enzymes are good for cells because they do not require an increase of energy to make the reaction happen. Amino acids make up enzymes, and all the amino acids are linked by peptide bonds in a straight chain. This chain is called a polypeptide or protein. One example of an enzyme is a hydrolases

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    Enzymes are considered catalysts that speed up chemical reactions without being used in the process. Enzymes react with substrates to form a temporary intermediary complex from which the new product gets released. The enzyme that is unchanged and released at the end of the reaction will be able to again combine with more substrate until all of the substrate is utilized. The enzymes in living cells immensely accelerate chemical reactions and by governing relative reaction rates, regulate the directions

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    Enzymes are catalytic proteins that act to speed up chemical reactions that occur in our bodies and in the bodies of many other organisms by reducing the amount of activation energy required in order for a reaction to occur. Without enzymes, the chemical reactions that take place in all organisms would take place too slowly to keep the organism alive. Since all enzymes are proteins, and protein’s functions are dependent on their structure, enzymes require certain conditions to maintain their perfect

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    Potato Enzyme Lab

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    conducted on the potatoes was enzyme’s activity under different conditions. Enzymes are proteins that help to speed up chemical reactions. They help to speed up these reactions by decreasing the activation energy for these reactions to occur. Enzymes work at very specific pH and temperature. This is because outside of their optimal range for these two conditions enzymes begin to denature, or change shape. Should an enzyme denature they will no longer function properly because their active sites, where

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    Enzymes Lab Report

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    Enzymes serve many vital functions as they aid with important processes, which allows for reactions to occur. Enzymes are characterized as macromolecules that serve as catalysts, which are chemical agents that can increase the rate of a reaction, whilst not being consumed by the reaction (Urry et al., 2017). Without enzymes, chemical reactions would not be catalyzed, thus resulting in inactive states. In addition to serving as catalysts to start chemical reactions, enzymes are also involved with

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