My teacher wants me to calculate the rate of enzyme activity (1/s)
I'm given the temperatures: 0 , 15, 30, ,50, and 80 (degrees celsius)
AND
the times 8.74, 18.83, 14.30, 34.22, and infinity respectively (seconds obviously, these are the times it took the enzyme to react)
What am i supposed to do? i don't understand fully.
To calculate the rate of enzyme activity, you need to determine the change in enzyme activity per unit time. In this case, you are given the temperatures (in degrees Celsius) and the corresponding times (in seconds) it took for the enzyme to react at each temperature.
To calculate the rate of enzyme activity, you can use the formula:
Rate = Change in enzyme activity / Change in time
First, calculate the change in enzyme activity by subtracting the initial activity from the final activity. Since you are given the times it took for the enzyme to react, the initial and final activities would correspond to the times at 0°C and infinity.
For the temperatures and times provided, you can assign the activity at 0°C as the initial activity and the activity at infinity as the final activity.
Let's say the activity at 0°C is A₀ and the activity at infinity is A∞.
Next, calculate the change in time by subtracting the initial time from the final time. Again, assign the time at 0°C as the initial time and the time at infinity as the final time.
Let's say the time at 0°C is t₀ and the time at infinity is t∞.
Now you can substitute the values into the formula for rate:
Rate = (A∞ - A₀) / (t∞ - t₀)
Substitute the corresponding values for A₀, A∞, t₀, and t∞ from the given data and solve for the rate. The rate will have units of 1/s, indicating the change in enzyme activity per second.