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Abstract:
The purpose of this lab was to determine the effects of an enzyme, catalaze, reacting with its substrate, hydrogen peroxide, in different environmental conditions. ... The outcome of this lab was that the enzyme, catalase, catalyses and reacted with its substrate, hydrogen peroxide, to form oxygen (O2) and water (H2O) by decomposition. The temperature as well as the amount of substrate and enzyme affected the outcome of the experiment. The results of the laboratory were that to any extremes past optimal temperatures (37 C) the enzyme denatures and is unusable in the reaction, that more substrate the longer the reaction, and the more enzyme the faster the reaction. ... In the lab the enzyme catalaze, very common in many organisms such as beef or chicken liver, potatoes, and yeast, and its substrate hydrogen peroxide, commonly used in house holds to clean infections, react. ... In addition, there were different amounts of substrate to enzyme or vice-versa to show that enzymes are not used up.
Purpose:
This experiment, using one enzyme (catalaze), introduces students to a function, acting as a catalyst, of many enzymes in the body. ... ”(1) Students were to rate the reaction speed under five different levels (0-nothing, 4-fast reaction).
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Approximate Pages = 4
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