Temperature Coefficient

• Temperature coefficient

  A) rate of reaction (T+10)

  B) rate of reaction T

  C) 10

  
• Rate of an enzyme reaction doubles for each 10°C rise in temperature (Q_10 = 2) in most reactions between 40°C and the optimum temperature; can’t be used at or after the optimum temperature because at higher temperatures, more enzymes are denatured and this reduces the reaction rate