Lab Practical: Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity
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Determination of optimum pH:
Urease has an optimum pH, depending on the source of the enzyme, determine this value from the graph plotted.
Determination of the effect of substrate concentration:
Urease has an optimum pH, depending on the source of the enzyme, determine this value from the graph plotted.
Determining the effect of temperature on enzyme activity:
Calculate the Q10 for the reactions at l5C and 25°C.
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Note: This is a common misconception. I surveyed a large number of human enzymes and found a wide spread of optimum temperatures, from 20 °C to 80 °C. Changing an enzyme's optimum temperature is not easy, and there is no evolutionary advantage to having every enzyme working optimally at 37 °C, so long as the enzymes ...
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