Biology

The optimal temperature range for bovine catalase enzyme would be different than the optimal temperature range for a deep sea Anglerfish because of reasons such as they are different types of living organisms. A warm blooded organism is able to have more control over their own temperature while the cold blooded organism depends on the environment they are currently in. The two factors of this being true are that they live in different temperatures and have different PH levels. This meaning that they each work best at their own preferred temperature. When discussing optimal temperature range we are reviewing the reaction rate of the enzyme which has been proven to be important. Enzymes are specialized macromolecules that speed up chemical reactions (Reece et al. 2009). While we were conducting the experiment were able to view how the temperature affected the enzyme activity. According to my results the rate was highest at fifty degrees Celsius and lowest at thirty-seven degrees Celsius. This bringing me to the conclusion that at higher temperatures the reaction rate will increase a bit faster. We then were able to experiment with the effects of PH on the enzyme activity and see the different rates at PH levels of 4, 7 and 10. It turned out that enzyme activity was the highest at PH 7 and lowest at PH 4. The graph showed how the rate would go up unit it reached the optimum range and slow back down. These environmental temperatures affected our graphs and we were able to see it and know at what point it reached optimum range. To play the role of environmental factors during our experiment we were adding a buffer to the enzyme solution. If we were to transfer the catalase between the two organisms the enzyme would probably denature.