Enzymes – design
Aim: Finding the optimum temperature for decomposing sugar lactose by the enzyme lactase.
Introduction:
Enzymes, being globular proteins encoded by DNA are very important catalysts for many organisms. They take part in many reactions occurring in live organisms, and although they do not change the structures or amounts of products, they can increase rates of the reactions. It is important as some of the reactions needed to be carried out in an organism quickly to sustain life take too much time, so a catalyst is necessary for them to fasten the reaction.