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What is the effect of excess heat or temperature on an enzyme.

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As the temperature rises further, the enzyme's activity decreases and eventually stops because the enzyme becomes denatured at high temperatures. Proteins are enzymes. The bonds separating amino acids are broken at very high temperatures. The enzyme's shape changes as a result of this.

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