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An enzyme is when it loses its native confirmation and its biological activity?
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Its considered Denatured
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What happen to an enzyme when it is boiled?
That all depends on the enzyme. The majority of enzymes found in the human body would denature (distort and lose its specific active site shape) when exposed to too much heat and stop functioning. Some enzymes can withstand incredible temperature like the enzymes used by simple volcanic organisms. Most enzymes will have evolved to work the most efficiently in their native environment.
What is the effect of extreme change in pH on enzyme activity?
Enzymes are picky with pH levels, as they are with every thing else. They have an optimal level at which they work the best, and anything above or below that level, their activity begins to slow down until they shut down all together. (Which is referred to as denaturing the enzyme) As an example, salivary amylase requires a pH of around 7. Since salivary amylase is located in your mouth, the pH in its environment is perfect, but if you were to swallow the enzymes and they were to arrive in your stomach (which has a pH of around 2) the enzyme would be denatured and would no longer work. Don't become confused like I was when I first learned this though, each enzyme requires its own pH level. While salivary amylase becomes denatured at a pH level of 2, pepsin thrives at that level.
How does changing the water temperature affect a animals metabolism?
Cold or hot temperatures can slow down or increase your metabolism. Cold decreases your metabolism but depending on the duration and temperature of your core, can actually burn a lot of calories. Hot temperatures cause you to sweat and increase your metabolism.
Why are denatured enzymes not able to break down their substrates?
Denatured refers to the loss of the 'native' active SHAPE of the enzyme - the Active Site included; this also causes the enzymes to lose their functions.
How can a mutation that alters a recognition site be detected by gel electrophoresis?
First, DNA that is mutated and unmutated must be cut with the same restriction enzyme. When these two strains of DNA are run through gel electrophoresis side by side, the mutated DNA will have fewer bands and at least one that does not move as far as the normal DNA. This is because the the restriction enzyme would not cut at the mutated recognition site. The difference in bands in the agarose gel will easily be detected.
When it loses its native confirmation and its biological activity?
Denatured
How do changes in pH and temperature affect the native confirmation of an enzyme?
Enzymes are quite easy to break.So if the pH is too acidic,then the enzyme might break.Therefore if the temperature is too high,the enzyme will also break.
Introduced species can have important effects on biological communities by?
Preying upon native species competing with native species for resources displacing native species :)
What do you call a type of weak interaction that stabilizes the native confirmation of a biomolecule or supramolecular complex?
Non covalent
What is biological plants and animals that have migrated to place where they are not native are called?
They are called an invasive species.
If you were born in Anchorage Alaska does that make you a native?
It makes you a native of Alaska, just like being born in Florida makes you a native of Florida. However, it does not mean you're a Native American--that has nothing to do with where you are born, but what your biological heritage is.
What is a native spiesies?
One that evolved in the place where it is found. A non native species is one imported from elsewhere by the activity of man.
What early human activity would you find in South America?
native Americans
Impact to ecosystems from human activity have sometimes been referred to as?
non-native ecologies.
Did french and the british use any biological warfare in their war?
yes they spread small pox among the native people
What was the major economic activity of new France?
Fur trade with the Native Americans
What is Berdache?
A berdache is a person in Native American culture who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex.
