Enzyme Lab Report

Enzymes act as a biological catalase by increasing the rate of reaction by lowering the activation energy. According to Piscataway, “enzymes are proteins catalase that lower the amount of activation energy needed for a reaction to occur initially allowing the reaction to occur rapidly (2014).” Also when the activation energy is lowered it does not affect the shape of the enzyme. In order for enzymes to carry out the reaction process a substrate which is a substance that an enzyme acts on must bind to something called an active site. If the enzymes shape is changed in any way it will not be able to bind to the active site. According to (Merriam Webster,
2018), “An active site is a region on the surface of an enzyme whose shape permits

The enzyme catalyzed reaction used for this experiment is located below. H20 + Catalase H20 + 02 + Catalase
A catalase is a chemical that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being changed by the reaction. The catalase prevents and protects the peroxide from damaging cell organs and cell tissue. An enzyme is a protein so the enzyme catalase is found in proteins but enzyme catalase is mainly found in the liver. It is important for the catalase to break down the hydrogen peroxide because like mentioned before peroxide damage organ and skin tissue. The enzyme catalase breaks down the hydrogen peroxide by converting it into water and oxygen eliminating the peroxide until more is formed and the enzyme catalyzed reaction will occur again. The enzyme activity was measure by using a spectrophotometer. This was done by gathering data every 15 minute at a wavelength of 500nm. The spectrophotometer measure the amount of brown color in the end product. The guaiacol was used in this experiment because after mixing the enzyme, substrate, and the guaiacol the color of the substance would