Chemical Effects Of Enzymes

This lab looked at the different effects of an enzyme with concentration, pH, and temperature compared to the rate at which the enzyme works. The results showed a quick decrease when the temperature and pH has passed its most favorable conditions and or levels, but the concentration remains at the same levels throughout except pH6 and 40 degrees celsius. Both the pH and temperature had a steady increase in rate once the favorable conditions were being reached or are reached, but had a certain drop off when the time trial was almost over.

Introduction: Enzymes are catalytic proteins that increase the rate of chemical reactions that occur inside the cell. Enzymes help through daily activities such as consuming and digesting food. If these …show more content…
If there are not regulations of the activity of the enzymes you would not be able to prevent the cell from making glycogen. (Meyertholen, 2016) The control of the enzyme activity can be broken into three sections. The properties and kinetics of an enzyme along with the type of enzyme. This experiment looked at the effect of pH, temperature, and concentration of an enzyme on the catalytic rate of the enzyme alkaline phosphatase (ALP). (Wilson et al., 2015) The null hypothesis for pH is pH does not have an effect on the rate for the enzyme to function. The alternative hypothesis is pH does have an effect on the rate of the enzyme to work. For most enzymes in a human body, the pH is near 7.0, which is neutral (Wilson et al., 2015). Both temperature and pH have an optimum for max activity. At this point the enzyme has produced the large amounts of energy also making it extremely effective. The null hypothesis for the temperature experiment is temperature does not have an effect of the rate that takes the enzyme to work. The alternative hypothesis is temperature does have an effect on the rate that takes the