Date: Sun Feb 20 11:47:30 2005
Posted By: Lynn Bry, MD/PhD, Dept. Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1108837405.Bc
Message:
By "react" I assume you mean a reaction degrading
hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen gas as catalyzed by enzymes such as catalase:
2H2O2 -> 2H2O (aq) + O2 (gas)
The key is release of oxygen gas, which commonly produces bubbles or frothing of
the solution in the presence of the enzyme.
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