Catalse Enzyme

[eviolin]

I was wondering, if a catalase enzyme solution (or an enzyme solution in general) is just left out at room temperature, can that cause the enzyme to not be as effective later on?

 

 

[CharonY]

Yes, certainly. The enzyme may degrade over time, but that can also happen quite quickly if protease contamination is present. Even at -20 enzymes lose quite a bit of their efficiency, which can be accelerated quite a bit buy freeze-thaw cycles.