Biology Lab on Enzymes

Lab-4: Enzymes Results: Our groups’ data found the light absorbency of the benzoquinone was highest at 10 C and steadily decreased as the temperatures increased (Figure 1). The class data showed there was a steady increase in the light absorbency as the temperature increased until it reached 30 C and then gradually decreased (Figure 1). Discussion: Every enzyme has an optimal temperature in which its reaction rate is the fastest (Campbell & Reece 2002). We thus hypothesized that the activity of …showed first 75 words of 318 total…

…showed last 75 words of 318 total…fortify the active conformation, and the protein will denature (Campbell & Reece 2002). We can then conclude from our data, catechol oxidase has an optimal temperature at which it reacts the fastest. We determined this temperature to be 30 C. References Campbell, N.A. and Reece J.B., 2002.Biology, 6th edition. Pearson Education Inc., San Francisco,CA pp 98-99. Addy H.D., Curry C.L., H. Ross, S. Wilkens. 2002. Biology 231 Lab Manual 2002/2003. University of Calgary pp 4 to 4-13.