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Postby suey on Mon May 09, 2005 7:42 am

what is the common method to analyze enzyme activity?
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Postby biostudent84 on Mon May 09, 2005 3:18 pm

Nearly every chemical reaction in an organism is controlled by an enzyme. Usually these reactions are studied.
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Postby thank.darwin on Tue May 10, 2005 9:05 pm

biostudent84 wrote:Nearly every chemical reaction in an organism is controlled by an enzyme. Usually these reactions are studied.



I think that he is asking for a specific test or method?
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Postby biostudent84 on Tue May 10, 2005 11:20 pm

Benedict's solution is the best way to test for glucase activity.

There are different tests for different enzymes, so specifity is required =P
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Postby suey on Thu May 12, 2005 7:35 am

i was trying to do the beta-mannanase activity that produced by fungi.
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