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    IGCSE Biology CIE Revision Notes 5. Enzymes 5.1 Enzymes


    5.1.4 Enzymes & Temperature: Extended

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    Enzymes & Temperature: Extended


    Enzymes are proteins and have a specific shape, held in
    place by bonds

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    This is extremely important around the active site area as


    the specific shape is what ensures the substrate will fit
    into the active site and enable the reaction to proceed
    Enzymes work fastest at their ‘optimum temperature’ – in
    the human body, the optimum temperature is 37⁰C
    Heating to high temperatures (beyond the optimum) will
    break the bonds that hold the enzyme together and it will
    lose its shape -this is known as denaturation
    Substrates cannot fit into denatured enzymes as the
    shape of their active site has been lost
    Denaturation is irreversible - once enzymes are denatured
    they cannot regain their proper shape and activity will
    stop

    Effect of temperature on enzyme activity

    Increasing the temperature from 0⁰C to the optimum


    increases the activity of enzymes as the more energy the
    molecules have the faster they move and the number of
    collisions with the substrate molecules increases,
    leading to a faster rate of reaction
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    This means that low temperatures do not denature


    enzymes, they just make them work more slowly

    Graph showing the effect of temperature on the rate of


    enzyme activity

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