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What are the products of the enzymatic degradation of hydrogen peroxide by catalase?
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∙ 14y ago
water and oxygen
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Hydrogen peroxide degradation in a cell is a function of?
Catalase and/or Peroxiredoxins
What effect does catalase have on the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide?
Catalase converts hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.
What substrate does catalase work on?
Catalase Hydrogen peroxide -----------------> Water + Oxygen.
What is a degradation?
A degradation reaction breaks down a large molecule into smaller molecules. For example, the enzyme catalase breaks down Hydrogen Peroxide into Oxygen and Water.
What chemical reaction degrades hydrogen peroxide in the presence of catalase?
Catalase is the endozyme that then degrades hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen
Why does hydrogen peroxide foam with potatoes?
Catalase is an enzyme that is present in potatoes that catalyzes the decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide into H20 (water) and O2 (oxygen). This oxygen that is being formed in the enzymatic reaction is the cause for the bubbles that you see forming.
What enzyme acts on hydrogen peroxide in living organisms?
Catalase Catalase
What is a degradation reaction?
A degradation reaction breaks down a large molecule into smaller molecules. For example, the enzyme catalase breaks down Hydrogen Peroxide into Oxygen and Water.
Hydrogen is a substrate of the enzyme catalase?
Peroxide
What hydrogen is a substance of the enzyme catalase?
peroxide
Why when adding catalase to sucrose not makes it bubble?
Catalase is an enzyme that is substrate-specific, meaning that it has a particular reaction that it will catalyze (to speed up a reaction). Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is the specific substrate reactant with which catalase will react (in a degradation reaction). This is the degradation (breaking down of) reaction. 2H2O2 yields 2H2O+O2 O2 is oxygen which is indicated by the rising of bubbles upon reaction between the hydrogen peroxide and the catalase. Sucrose is not the specific substrate assigned to the catalase enzyme, therefore they will not react together in a degradation reaction, hence the lack of oxygen release (lack of bubbles). I hope this was helpful to you. God bless and Jesus loves you.
What are the reagents used in the catalase test?
hydrogen peroxide
