The experiment we are testing is to see how the surroundings of the amylase and starch affect the rate of reaction and how starch changes amylase into simple sugars.

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Introduction:

The experiment we are testing is to see how the surroundings of the amylase and starch affect the rate of reaction and how starch changes amylase into simple sugars. Enzymes act as biological catalysts and are specific in the reactions they catalyse. Usually an enzyme will just catalyse only one type of reaction. It only fits into one specific pattern and each enzyme has its own substrate. Biological catalysts are produced in cells and capable of speeding up the chemical reactions. These are simple proteins of a large size and are specific in each chemical reaction needing its own individual enzyme. Enzymes are speeded up by different factors like temperature and pH. Catalyst’s increase the rate of a chemical reaction but is never used up during the reaction. In this experiment we will look for starch and see if sugars are present at different temperatures.

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Prediction:

I predict that the enzyme will only work at a specific temperature. The results therefore will not show strongly until we get the right temperature. If the temperature is not right then the enzyme wont form and will be denatured. This happens when the heat starts too destroy the enzymes structure and form. The structure and form are crucial to the enzyme working that if these are not right then the enzymes will become less effective. So I predict that when the temperature increases the starch to be digested will decrease and will be faster to digest.

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