... rate of reaction. On the other hand it may act as a cofactor because of the ions which they can produce. Cofactors are non-protein substances which aid the catalytic action of an enzyme. INTRODUCTION In order to carry out experiment in the investigation, in a successive way, good background knowledge of the rate of chemical reaction occurrence is needed with the factors, that affects it and the order in which they make an effect. Enzymes are globular proteins which are classified as biological catalyst, which speed up/control the rate of a chemical reaction or metabolic reaction in our body without altering the substrates nor products neither does it alter the equilibrium between them without itself undergoing any changes. Reactions will still occur without enzyme, only they would occur too slowly or not at all. All human activity and chemical reactions would take months if not years while enzymes which are made by all ...

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