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Enzymes. Announcements. Post Lab 4 and Pre Lab 5 are due by the time your lab meets next. LNA Enzymes is assigned today, and due next week within the first 5 minutes of your lab period. Exercise 4A: Spectrophotometry. Goals:
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Announcements • Post Lab 4 and Pre Lab 5 are due by the time your lab meets next. • LNA Enzymes is assigned today, and due next week within the first 5 minutes of your lab period.
Exercise 4A: Spectrophotometry • Goals: • Understand the process by which spectrophotometry can be used to quantify experimental results. • Develop skills taking measurements using a spectrophotometer.
Spectrophotometry Measurement of light absorption or transmission through a solution
Types of photometers: Colorimeters and spectrophotometers measure the amount of light absorbed by solutions. Turbidimeters and nephelometers measure the light scattered by suspensions. Fluorimeters measure the fluorescence produced by absorbed light.
Light through a solution: • Example ONP (o-nitrophenol) • Absorbs blue light and allows yellow light to pass through. • Solution therefore appears yellow.
Absorption Spectrum Absorption spectrum of ONP A plot of the relative amount of light absorbed by a compound as a function of the wavelength
4A Techniques: Using dyed water samples, take measurements using a spectrophotometer. Keep cuvettes free from fingerprints. Align cuvette the same each time you take a measurement.
4B: Enzymes • Goals: • Describe the principles of enzymatic reactions • Use the principes of spectrophotometry to determine the concentration of the product of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. • Determine the effect of ß-galactosidase concentration on the rate of cleavage of ONPG.
Introduction: Enzymes increase the rate of reactions, but do not allow reactions to occur that could not occur otherwise.
There are two ways to increase the rate of a chemical reaction • Increase the average kinetic energy by raising the temperature, or • Lower the activation energy by adding a catalyst (enzyme)
-galactosidase O-nitrophenyl--D-galactopyranoside (ONPG)
Hypothesis Generation • A yellow solution is produced as o- nitrophenolate is produced Identify one characteristic you expect to change as you add ONPG, buffer, and enzyme
If ONPG is catalyzed by -galactosidase, and I add the enzyme in various amounts, the products of o-nitrophenolate (yellow color) will differ as well in readings on the spectrophotometer. • Rephrase your speculation to the if, then format
Independent Variable Amount of -galactosidase
Dependent Variable OD420 reading of o-nitrophenolate produced
Controls ONPG + Buffer, but no enzyme added and Buffer + enzyme, but no ONPG added
The Experiment: Take measurements of various amounts of ONPG catalyzed by -galactosidase
Assignment Reminders Post Lab (LON-CAPA) 4 is due by your next lab period. Pre Lab (LON-CAPA) 5 is due by your next lab period. LNA (lab notebook assignment) Exercise 4 is due within the first 5 minutes of your next lab period. LNA Exercise 5: pre lab write up (purpose/protocol) are due at the start of your next lab period.