Enzyme Diversity

Goals:

1. Collect evidence to support the claim that a particular enzyme acts on a specific substrate to produce a product.
2. Collect evidence to support the claim that optimal environmental condition is specific to an enzyme’s rate of reaction.
3. Use models and evidence to determine the relationship between an enzyme’s structure and function.
4. Use models to determine the relationship between the structure of a gene and the function of an enzyme.

Simulation: Enzyme Diversity: Enzymes, Products, and Substrates

The 8 Claims:

1. Claim: Amylase catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into disaccharides at an optimal pH of 7.
2. Claim: Amylase catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into disaccharides at an optimal temperature of 37℃.
3. Claim: Pepsin catalyzes the hydrolysis of protein into amino acids at an optimal pH of 1.4.
4. Claim: Pepsin catalyzes the hydrolysis of protein into amino acids at an optimal temperature of 37℃.
5. Claim: Taq DNA polymerase catalyzes the synthesis of nucleotides into polymers of DNA at an optimal pH of 7.
6. Claim: Taq DNA polymerase catalyzes the synthesis of nucleotides into polymers of DNA at an optimal temperature of 79℃.
7. Claim: Trypsin catalyzes the hydrolysis of protein into amino acids at an optimal pH of 8.
8. Claim: Trypsin catalyzes the hydrolysis of protein into amino acids at an optimal temperature of 37℃.