Question

Amylase becomes denatured at a temperature of 80c. During an experiment to study the effect of varying temperatures on enzyme activity, amylase's reactivity with starch was measured at a body temperature of 37c and then again at an increased temperature of 42c. How would this increase in temperature affect the experiment?

Answer 1

Answer:

The rate of reaction will increase

Explanation:

Temperature is known to affect the rate of the reaction. Generally, chemical reactions depend on thermal activation. It means that an increase in temperature also increases the kinetic energy of the reactants. Increasing the temperature increases the reaction rate due to the increase in the number of molecular collisions between reactant molecules. The speed of a particle is directly related to its kinetic energy and thereby an increase in temperature also results in an increase in the amount of collisions between molecules per unit of time.