An analysis of immobilised enzymes and suspended enzymes

Nikul Patel2004-02-22 Immobilised Enzymes Coursework (See graph for Results) Interpretation of results It would seem that the yeast suspension was very much faster acting than the immobilised yeast The yeast suspension reached a distant of four hundred and thirty squares over the 30 minute period, whereas the immobilised yeast only reached a distance of one hundred ad thirty six squares. Also within the first twelve minutes the yeast suspension had reached 126 squares, whereas the …

…in the method was that the beads of immobilised enzymes were allowed time to settle to the bottom of the syringe, meaning not al the enzymes could come in contact with the substrates. This would affect the results as not as many enzyme-substrate complex' will be formed as there should have been. To solve this problem he syringes should be agitated every 5 minutes. These three improvements should yield much more reliable results than previously extrapolated.