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This is the new lab we got for ib bio
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12 years ago
Generally speaking, and I hope this helps, if the salt concentration is close to zero, the charged amino acid side chains of the enzyme molecules will attract each other. The enzyme will denature and form an inactive precipitate. If, on the other hand, the salt concentration is very high, normal interaction of charged groups will be blocked. New interactions will occur, and again the cnzyme will precipitate. An intermediate salt concenuation such as that of human blood (0.9%) or cytoplasm is the optimum for many enzymes ( catalase remember is found in the bloodstream!)
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