Analysis of the investigation into the effect of temperature on the action of the enzyme rennin.

Information on enzymes & rennin

Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up reactions without being affected so that they can be used to speed up another reaction. Enzymes are soluble globular proteins.
Enzymes reduce the energy needed to make a reaction happen. This energy is known as the “activation energy”.
We need enzymes to stay alive, without them, the reactions in our body would take place far too slowly. Also, we need to be able to control how fast certain reactions take place, if we didn’t have enzymes, all our bodies reactions would take place at different speeds.
Certain poisons such as cyanide block the active site, and so stop the enzyme from working.

To understand the investigation better, here is some background information on rennin.
Rennin is produced inside young mammals as a way of converting caseinogen into casein. It needs to do this to absorb the precious proteins in the milk that it feeds on. Caseinogen is soluble, and is v...