Question

1. Why does the rate of the reaction or efficiency of the enzyme decrease as the temperature rises?

2. What order is the general enzymatic reaction at low concentrations?

Answer 1

1. the activity of an enzyme generally increases with increase in temperature initially up to an optimum temperature. when the temperature reaches its maximum point, the enzyme undergoes denaturation. which means at above the critical temperatures there is a rapid rate of loss of activity. and hence the rate of reaction decreases.

2. the activity of enzyme increases with the increase in concentration. increase in concentration will increase the rate of reaction till a optimum point and then the reaction will not increase and remains the same. during the low concentrations will not decrease the rate of reaction but maintains the same rate of reaction.