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... The data we received answered our question and confirmed our hypothesis, which was that as the temperature decreases the enzyme activity decreases and as temperature goes up enzyme activity increases. ...
Materials and Methods
In this exercise we will be studying the effects of temperature on the activity of the Beta-lactamase enzyme. ...
Results:
The results show that as the temperature went up the activity, shown by the absorbance level, went up also. The colder the temperature the less active the enzymes where and the slower they increased in activity. The cold temperatures stayed mainly at the same temperature the whole time, while the hotter temperatures started higher and activity continued to progress even as time went on. ...
Discussion/Conclusion
We accept the original hypothesis that the enzyme activity would increase as temperature increased. We came to this conclusion because, based on our data, the enzymes showed more activity when they were heated to a higher temperature before being introduced to the heated penicillin. When they were chilled and then introduced to the chilled penicillin there was a drastic slowing of activity, more than half of what the warmer temperatures did. ... If we want to save our food for a long time we put it into the freezer where all enzyme activity is stopped because they cannot function in freezing temperatures. ... ” (2003) CSHL Press
• “Effect of Temperature on Enzyme Activity”
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Approximate Word count = 1916
Approximate Pages = 7.7
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