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ACTIVITY NO 8 Procedure
ACTIVITY NO 8 Procedure
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EFFECT OF ENZYME CONCENTRATION ON ENZYME ACTIVITY
Introduction:
Enzymes are highly specialized class of proteins. They catalyze thousands of
chemical reactions with remarkable property of speeding up chemical reactions. They
combine with the reactants to produce a transition state having less energy than the
transition state of uncatalyzed reaction. When reaction products are formed the free
catalyst is regenerated.
The rate of enzyme catalyzed reaction is determined by the concentration of the
enzyme used. The more concentrated the enzyme used, the faster is the reaction.