Functional and structural analysis of Amylases
5. Develop critical thinking skills
Lab report
3. Develop quantitative skills
3. Develop quantitative skill
Relationship between maltose concentration and amylase activity
Calculating maltose concentration
Determine concentrations from manual graph
Equation from excel generated grap
Graphing
Manual
Excel
Equation
1. Apply scientific process
Conclusion
Results
Experimental design
Controls
Negative
Positive
Experimental group
Variables
Independant
Dependant
Prediction
Hypothesis
Question
what is the effect of temp0erature on human amylase
Remote version
Videos for remote version
Introduction to enzymes’ role in biochemical reactions: a review of proteins/enzymes, the amylase enzyme, and the reaction it catalyzes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6wHXtO9klA
2. Maltose standard curve: constructing and using this graph will allow you to determine amylase activity.
https://youtu.be/KNMz0pSgYbk
3. Testing your hypothesis on amylase activity: review of the scientific method, the experimental design, and data analysis to determine the effect of an environmental factor on amylase activity. https://youtu.be/_BacifzIP64
4. Use quantitative data to explain biological concept
Subtopic
2. Understand biological concept
Structural analyses: Bioinformatics
Tertiary
PDB
Secondary
Boxshade
Multiple sequence alignment
Clustal Omega
Primary
Pepstat
NCBI
Factors that affect enzyme acity
Chemical: pH, salt
Physical: temperature
Reaction rate
Energy requirements
Role of enzymes in metabolism
Enzyme activity/function
Measuring amylase activity
Maltose standard curve
DNS assay
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