Jos Antonio Duran

At What Temperature do Membrane proteins Denature?

Hypothesis:
-Membrane proteins will denature at a temperature of 25C
-The membrane proteins will not denature
-Only the membrane at the highest temperature will denature.

Results
To classify the results, we created a scale that went from 1 to 5. 1 being that the water
was completely clear and 5 being that the water were completely red. The results
were as following:

Temperature (C) Color (scale 1-5)
Cold 1
20 1
30 2
50 5


Graph:




Conclusion:
After analyzing the results we can conclude that beetroot membranes start to
denature at a temperature of 30C. We can also observe that the more you increase
the temperature of the water the more the membrane is going to denature.
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Temperature (C)
Beetroot Membrane Denaturing
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