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What happens to an enzyme when its put into a hotter or cooler place?
It is now well established that proteins (enzymes) denature at both high and low temperatures. Denaturation, by heat or cold refers to the loss of the 3-dimensional structure of the enzyme, which otherwise it possesses under physiological conditions.When a enzyme experiences this structural instability, it leads to a loss of its functionality, since the 3D structure of a enzyme can be directly co-related with its function.
Why are hot water baths important in a science lab?
They are important because they can be set to a specific temperature which. You can place test tubes filled with things to see if the temperature affects how they work. For example, say you wanted to see if an enzyme worked at a certain temperature like 100 degrees F. You would put it in the water bath with it mixed with the substrate it works on, if the temperature was too high you would see the enzyme would denature.
Can the reaction of an enzyme still take place if it's shape is changed by a heavy metal or the change in it's pH level?
If an enzyme is put under certain conditions, including proximity to heavy metals, pH extremes, and temperature extremes, the enzyme will break apart. This means that the enzyme has been denatured, and will no longer work. It depends on how much the enzyme's shape has changed. This is dependent on what enzyme is in question and what conditions it was put under.
How does a decrease in temperature affect the rate of enzyme reaction?
The higher a temperature is, the faster things go. This is because molecules move faster at higher temperatures. The opposite is true for cold temperatures- molecules move slower, and so do the reactions. Temperature also has different effects on specific organisms-- for example, a hot spring bacterium has enzymes that generally work better in hotter temperatures.
Why does boiling an enzyme stop it from working?
Boiling an enzyme denatures it by disrupting the weak bonds that maintain its three-dimensional structure. Enzymes function by binding to specific substrates in a precise orientation, and denaturation alters the enzyme's active site, preventing substrate binding. As a result, the enzyme loses its catalytic activity and can no longer facilitate biochemical reactions.
How might a choice in pH affect the function of an enzyme such as hexolkinase?
Simply put, enzymes are proteins and proteins can denature (break) under the right conditions. These conditions would include temperature and pH (however these are not the only factors) and so the changing of pH could definitely affect hexolkinase (or did you mean hexokinase? which would make more sense).
When water changes from liquid to gas is the temperature decreasing or increasing?
It is increasing in temperature. When you put a pot of water over a lit stove, it evaporates into its gas form, water vapor, which can also be called steam.
Would an enzyme from one of your body cells be able to function in a place as hot as a hot spring?
Most likely an enzyme from one of your body cells would NOT be able to function in a place as hot as a hot spring because the enzyme would get denatured. denaturization can occur when enzymes are put to extreme temperatures. Since the enzyme is used to your body temp. it is a huge increase to put the enzyme in almost boiling water.
How could you slow down the enzyme?
This would depend on what kind of reaction you are referring to. Endothermic (heat-absorbing) reactions would slow down at lower temperatures. Exothermic (heat-releasing) reactions would gain speed at lower temperatures. Inhibitors to the reaction can slow down biological processes.
Hi does any one know if I want to put some restriction enzyme close to cDNA should I put some nucleotide befor this restriction enzyme?
Restriction enzyme cuts DNA strand at specific locations Restriction enzyme cuts DNA strand at specific locations
What temperature the animal DNA denatures?
Simply put, heat will denature DNA. Technically speaking, DNA has something known as the the melting temperature (which is the temperature at which a strand of DNA is separated halfway). And melting temperature is itself dependent on several other factors (like G to C ratio, salt conent, and pH).
What will increase the volume of gas?
change the pressure and/or the temperature of the gas
