Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Protein synthesis

Protein synthesis — practice question

Sucrase is an enzyme that catalyses the breaking of the glycosidic bond in sucrose. A student studied how raising the sucrose concentration affected the rate of sucrase activity.
(a(i))[1]

Name the kind of reaction catalysed by sucrase.

(a(ii))[2]

Explain why the water temperature was increased to boiling point.

(b)[5]

Describe the trend in Fig. 4.1 and explain the results.

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