document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1095723>Question 1095723</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The line graph shown here represents the reaction rate of an enzyme-assisted reaction in the body at various temperatures. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please explain why this line is shaped like this.   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Nevertheless, I put this string into GOOGLE search\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"The line graph shown here represents the reaction rate of an enzyme-assisted reaction in the body at various temperatures\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and it gave me some pdf-file titled Enzimes1.pdf.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Surely, I downloaded it in my computer and read it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "On pages 4 and 5  (4 of 12  and  5 of 12)  the document shows exactly your plot, your question and explanations.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Unfortunately, I was not able to extract the link.\r\n" );
document.write( "but it was <U>THE SECOND REFERENCE in  that GOOGLE list</U>.\r\n" );
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document.write( "          Also try this keyword in GOOGLE search: \"Lab #4: Enzymes - ResearchGate\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Try, and if the fortune will be on your side, you may get this document.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Couple of days passed after my response to you, and I didn't get any feedback from you . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, it is just clear for me your relation to your own post and to the content of this issue.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But it is not so and not the same for me . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, I simply copied and pasted here this part from that document:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Temperature is the average kinetic energy of a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "system. Kinetic energy, in turn is the energy in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "motion. This means that at higher temperatures<BR>\n" );
document.write( "particles tend to be moving more quickly than<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they are at slower temperatures. In solids,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "molecules remain in roughly the same position<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in space but vibrate more. In liquids and gases,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where particles are free to move from one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "location to another, these particles tend to do so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "at greater speeds (Fig 4.10). Since particles are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "moving more quickly, they also tend to collide<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with one another more frequently and with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "greater energy. Therefore, the rates of chemical<BR>\n" );
document.write( "reactions (both catalyzed and non-catalyzed)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tend to increase as temperature increases.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hypothetically, this should be an indefinite<BR>\n" );
document.write( "relationship, meaning that an increase in reaction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "should accompany an increase in temperature<BR>\n" );
document.write( "regardless of how high that temperature is.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Many enzymes show an unusual relationship<BR>\n" );
document.write( "between reaction rate and temperature (Fig<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.11). Although over much of the range of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "temperatures biological organisms experience<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there is an increase in enzyme activity with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "increased temperature there is often a decrease<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in reaction rates at very high temperatures (e.g.,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "above 70 °C). Why does this occur? There<BR>\n" );
document.write( "could be a number of reasons. For example, the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "increase in temperature may weaken and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "destabilize the bonds that link enzymes with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "necessary cofactors, thus the rate of spontaneous<BR>\n" );
document.write( "deactivation of enzymes increases. However,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perhaps the most important factor to consider is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that the shape of the enzyme can be influenced<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by temperature. The secondary, tertiary, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "quaternary structures of proteins all rely on<BR>\n" );
document.write( "relatively weak non-covalent bonds (e.g.,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hydrogen bonds, van der Waals forces, and ionic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "bonds) to link different regions of the protein<BR>\n" );
document.write( "together. Increasing temperature causes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "increased random movement in different regions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the protein, thus destabilizing these weak<BR>\n" );
document.write( "bonds (Fig 4.12) and causing a change in the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "shape of the protein (denaturization). If enough<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of these weak bonds are broken, the shape of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "active site will begin to distort, and the enzyme<BR>\n" );
document.write( "will lose its ability to bind substrate and catalyze<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the reaction. Thus the decrease in reaction rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is due to the inability of the enzyme to function<BR>\n" );
document.write( "as a catalyst when it is denatured by heat.\r<BR>\n" );
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