Activity :)

Dear students,

read the entries below. Be sure to view the flash animations by clicking on the pictures. Next, after reading the blog entry titled "The Love life of Mr Protease", answer the following questions:

(1) What do you think the account is analagous to? (Clue: something that you have learnt today about enzymes)

(2) Name the enzyme and substrate and end product in the reaction simulated by Mr Protease and Ms Protein.

Write your answers as comments to that entry and remember to include your name in the comment.

Next, let's do an activity.

With what you have learnt about the mode of action of enzymes, create a blog like what I have taught you and write an autobiographical account that demonstrates the mode of action in a first person perspective.

Comment on another blog that your friend has created for this activity.

Send me the link to your blogs at my email (wongkayan1231@gmail.com).

Lastly, as a preview for the next lesson, explore the interactive flash animation of enzyme activity by clicking the picture below.

Click the picture above to explore the interative flash animation.

Have fun!

Miss Wong

The Love Life of Mr Protease

My name is Mr Protease and I would like to share with you, a brief account of my love life.



I met my first girlfriend, Ms Carbohydrate near my workplace which was called the Duodenum. She seemed to be a nice girl at first, but to keep it short, we had a lot of differences and this caused us to fall apart.



I was sad for sometime, until I met the love of my life, Ms Protein. We were a perfect match and had so many things in common. We got married and soon, we had a child whom we named Amino Acid. We lived happily ever after.

Picture 3: Me and Ms Protein, Love at first sight (Source: http://www.cartoonstock.com/)

The End

Flash Animations of Enzyme reactions

Dear students,

click on the pictures below to view flash animations of enzyme reactions. The 1st picture corresponds to an enzyme that breaks down large molecules into smaller molecules. The 2nd picture corresponds to an enzyme that synthesizes larger molecule from smaller molecules.

Picture 1: Break down of large molecules

Picture 2: Synthesis of larger molecules from smaller molecules