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ID number:907034
 
Evaluation:
Published: 07.07.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
Extract

Enzymes are proteins that are involved in all the chemical processes in living things. As they are made of proteins they are affected by pH and temperature. Enzymes are catalysts; they speed up chemical reactions without being changed themselves. Digestive enzymes speed up the breakdown of large food molecules into smaller ones so that the blood can absorb them. Enzymes turn a large starch molecule into thousands of tiny glucose molecules. Enzymes end in 'ase'. There are thousands of enzymes in our body but each enzyme is only specialised to do one thing, for example carbohydraise enzymes digest carbohydrates, protease enzymes digest protein.
Prediction
I predict that the amylase will digest the starch the best and the quickest at around room temperature, (35 C-45 C). I have come to this prediction because I think that enzymes are more active around room temperature.

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