Enzymes Lab Report

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Enzymes are an essential protein for our survival. These proteins, made by our cells, help transform chemicals in our body, functioning as a catalyst (Lohner, 2016). A catalyst starts the reactions and causes them to work at a faster rate, by increasing the rate of reaction because it might have a chance of not occurring at all or it would occur but take a longer time to support life. each chemical reaction needs a minimum amount of energy (activation energy) to make the reaction happen (Lohner, 2016). If the activation energy of a reaction is low, the faster the reaction will be. Whereas if the activation energy of a reaction is too high, the reaction will not occur. Reaction rates of enzymes increase until they reach their optimum level of