(a)Biofuels contain alcohols that are produced by the fermentation of sugars derived from crop waste.This waste contains cellulose and other organic compounds in cell walls. Scientists investigated the production of sugars from crop waste for biofuel production.The scientists discovered that a strain of the fungus Penicillium citrinum,isolated from soil,was a good source of three different extracellular enzymes,M,N and $$\(\mathbf{O}\)$$ .These enzymes break down polysaccharides in cell walls. The scientists cultured $$\(P\)$$ .citrinum in a liquid medium containing cell wall material.Samples of the liquid were taken,and the three enzymes were separated from the medium.Each enzyme was placed in a reaction mixture with an appropriate substrate.The activity of each enzyme was determined to give a measurement of the quantity of enzyme produced by $$\(P\)$$ .citrinum. The results are shown in Table 4.1. Table 4.1 ............................................................................................................................................... . ............................................................................................................................................... . ............................................................................................................................................... . ............................................................................................................................................... . ............................................................................................................................................... . ............................................................................................................................................... . ............................................................................................................................................... . ............................................................................................................................................... . ......................................................................................................................................... [4]

Biology
IGCSE&ALevel
CAIE
Exam No:9700_w24_qp_23 Year:2024 Question No:4(a)

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Knowledge points:

3.1.1 state that enzymes are globular proteins that catalyse reactions inside cells (intracellular enzymes) or are secreted to catalyse reactions outside cells (extracellular enzymes)
3.1.2 explain the mode of action of enzymes in terms of an active site, enzyme–substrate complex, lowering of activation energy and enzyme specificity, including the lock-and-key hypothesis and the induced-fit hypothesis
3.1.3 investigate the progress of enzyme-catalysed reactions by measuring rates of formation of products using catalase and rates of disappearance of substrate using amylase
3.1.4 outline the use of a colorimeter for measuring the progress of enzyme-catalysed reactions that involve colour changes

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