1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
vodka [1.7K]
4 years ago
7

What is the biological significance of the temperature at which the amylase catalyzed reaction

Chemistry
1 answer:
ipn [44]4 years ago
7 0

Answer:

The biological significance is that it is the normal human body temperature and also the optimum temperature of the enzyme.

Explanation:

  • Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up the rate of chemical reactions.
  • Enzymes catalyze specific reactions by working on a specific substrate to convert it into a product.
  • The rate of enzyme activity depends on several factors which include pH, temperature, substrate concentration, and enzyme concentration among others.
  • Enzymes work best at a specific pH and temperature known as optimum pH and optimum temperature respectively.
  • In this case, enzyme amylase works best at a temperature of 37° C which is equivalent to the normal human body temperature.
You might be interested in
1. Show the mechanism for the main product for the monochlorination of 2-methylbutane. List all other products.
Bad White [126]

Answer:

See explanation below

Explanation:

First, we need to understand that the monochlorination of an alkane like this one, involves substitution of one of the atoms of hydrogen of the molecule for an atom of chlorine.

This reaction takes place when the alkane reacts with Cl₂ in presence of light or heat.

When this happens, the first step involves the breaking of the double bond of the chlorine to form the ion Cl⁻.

The next step involves the substraction of the hydrogen of the molecule by the Chlorine. This will leave the alkane with a lone pair available for reaction.

The third step, the alkane with the lone pair of electron substract a chlorine for the beggining and form the mono chlorinated product.

The final step involves forming the remaining products with the remaining reagents there.

In the picture attached you have the mechanism and product for this reaction:

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Which of the following statements provides the BEST explanation for the many chemical similarities between two elements in a Mai
rjkz [21]

Answer:

(b) Both have the same number of valence electrons.  

Step-by-step explanation:

We find the most striking chemical similarities between two Main Group elements when they are in the same Group of the Periodic Table.

Elements in the same Group have the same number of valence electrons.

(a) is <em>wrong</em>, because elements in the same group have <em>different masses</em>.

(c) is <em>wrong,</em> because atoms with the same number of protons belong to the s<em>ame element</em>.

(d) is wrong, because elements in the same Group must be in . <em>different Periods.</em>

7 0
3 years ago
Which has a geographic North Pole and South Pole?
Bogdan [553]

Answer:

A. Earth only

Explanation:

The Earth rotates on the geographic north and south poles. The geographic north and south poles are where lines of longitude (meridians) converge in the north. On the other side of the Earth, the South Pole lies on a continental land mass known as Antarctica.

plz mark me as brainliest :)

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
When sugar dissolves in water are covalent bonds broken?
Amanda [17]
Gle's cache of http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/lessonplans/chapter5/lesson4<span>. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 21 Oct 2017 07:24:57 GMT.</span>
7 0
4 years ago
Which of the following scientists made an important contribution to quantum mechanics: (i) Bohr (ii) deBroglie (iii) Heisenberg
grandymaker [24]

Answer:

(i) Bohr; (ii) de Broglie; (iii) Heisenberg (v) Schrödinger

Explanation:

(i) Niels Bohr — 1913 — proposed that electrons travel in fixed orbits with <em>quantized energy levels</em> and that they jump from one energy level to another by absorbing or emitting quanta of light.

(ii) <em>Louis de Broglie</em> — 1924 — proposed the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter behaves as both waves and particles (<em>wave-particle duality</em>).

(iii) Werner Heisenberg — 1927 — formulated quantum mechanics in terms of matrices and proposed his famous <em>uncertainty principle</em>.

(v) Erwin Schrödinger — 1926 — applied wave mechanics to the electron in a hydrogen atom, showing that electrons exist in <em>orbitals </em>rather that orbits.

(iv) <em>Ernest Rutherford</em> — 1911 — proposed that atoms have most of their mass in a central nucleus (<em>nuclear atom</em>). Quantum mechanics had not yet been invented.

4 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Which one is a true statement about endothermic reactions?
    10·2 answers
  • What is the molarity of a 5.00x10^2 mL solution containing 21.1 g of potassium bromide (KBr)? The molar mass of KBr is 119.0 g/m
    6·2 answers
  • If he(g) has an average kinetic energy of 8750 j/mol under certain conditions, what is the root mean square speed of cl2(g) mole
    15·2 answers
  • Write a balanced equation for each of these chemical reactions potassium phosphate + calcium nitrate
    8·1 answer
  • Hydrophobic compounds dissolve in
    11·1 answer
  • Robin and Alex are discussing how water molecules form when hydrogen and oxygen atoms combine. Robin writes the following chemic
    5·1 answer
  • A carpenter uses a saw to cut a wooden board into two different sized pieces. Which of the following physical properties is most
    10·2 answers
  • What mass of H2 is needed to react with 8.75 g of O2 according to the following equation: O2(g) + H2(g) → H2O(g)?
    14·2 answers
  • Consider the statement, “In a chemical reaction, atoms are neither created nor destroyed, only rearranged.” Why is this a statem
    12·1 answer
  • An ideal gas occupies 400ml at 270 mm Hg and 65°C. If the pressure is changed to 1.4 atm and the
    7·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!