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Enzymes Unit Plan (9 days)

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Assessment Statements:

3.6.1

Define enzyme and active site.

 

3.6.2

Explain enzyme–substrate specificity.

 

3.6.3

Explain the effects of temperature, pH and substrate concentration on enzyme activity.

 

3.6.5

Explain the use of lactase in the production of lactose-free milk.

 

6.1.2

Explain the need for enzymes in digestion.

 

6.1.3

State the source, substrate, products and optimum pH conditions for one amylase, one protease and one lipase.

 

7.6.1

State that metabolic pathways consist of chains and cycles of enzyme-catalysed reactions.

 

7.6.2

Describe the induced-fit model.

 

7.6.3

Explain that enzymes lower the activation energy of the chemical reactions that they catalyse.

 

7.6.4

Explain the difference between competitive and non-competitive inhibition, with reference to one example of each.

 

7.6.5

Explain the control of metabolic pathways by end-product inhibition, including the role of allosteric sites.

 

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What You Need to Know

 

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Unit Activities List:  (will be posted to web as they occur in class)

Enzyme functioning notes

Enzyme action worksheet

Control of enzyme reaction notes

Toothpickase mini-lab

Uses of enzymes notes and demos

Catalase inquiry lab

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Key Terms:

 

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Helpful Links:

Energy Conversion

Enzyme Tutorial

Enzyme Pathways

Enzyme Kinetics

Enzyme Inhibition

Enzyme animation

 

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