Biology!

Sunny!!

just a bit stuck on a question on the 2010 paper
give one example of the use of immobilised enzymes in bioreactors
In the answer name the enzyme, the substrate and the product.


I picked antibiotics. But dont know what the enzyme, substrate, product are?
Any help in advance thanks.

bodybuildme

Think your write
penicillin > acylase > new antibiotics

apkbarry

Correct me on this if I'm wrong.

But you should pick Ethanol (Alcohol)

Glucose -> Starch Amylase -> Ethanol.

Hope that's right :S

Sunny!!

thanks:)

partyatmygaff

apkbarry wrote: »

Correct me on this if I'm wrong.

But you should pick Ethanol (Alcohol)

Glucose -> Starch Amylase -> Ethanol.

Hope that's right :S

Nope you're mixing up two different processes.

Glucose is acted upon by zymase which is produced by yeast cells to produce carbon dioxide and Ethanol.

/The joys of doing Biology and Chemistry

Here's a few answers that you could use

The conversion of Glucose in to its isomer Fructose

Substrate: Glucose
Enzyme: Glucose Isomerase (The hint's in the name )
Product: Fructose

The creation of new penicllin based antibiotics from natural penicillin produced by microorganisms (Creating semi-synthetic antibiotics). It does by changing the structure of penicillin. I.e. Penicillin G -> Amoxicillin

Substrate: Penicillin
Enzyme: Penicillin Acylase
Product: Different structures of Penicillin such as Amoxicillin

The digestion of starch in to simpler sugars

Substrate: Starch (Amylose)
Enzyme: Amylase
Product: Maltose

The fermentation of Glucose

Substrate: Glucose
Enzyme: Zymase
Product: Ethanol and Carbon Dioxide

jumpguy

It's nearly always easier to keep it simpler and go with which process you know the most about, which would either be starch (substrate) > Amylase (enzyme) > Maltose (product) OR glucose > zymase (yeast) > ethanol.

partyatmygaff

jumpguy wrote: »

It's nearly always easier to keep it simpler and go with which process you know the most about, which would either be starch (substrate) > Amylase (enzyme) > Maltose (product) OR glucose > zymase (yeast) > ethanol.

True that. The best to learn is the conversion of starch in to its simpler sugars as it's an example of digestion.

Chris Martin

Celtic Cross Booklet very good.
Summarizes all experiments down massively but leaves important parts.
Good if you want to find out things like this out, want to know how to build on it in exam though.

theowen

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Nope you're mixing up two different processes.

Glucose is acted upon by zymase which is produced by yeast cells to produce carbon dioxide and Ethanol.

/The joys of doing Biology and Chemistry

Here's a few answers that you could use

The conversion of Glucose in to its isomer Fructose

Substrate: Glucose
Enzyme: Glucose Isomerase (The hint's in the name )
Product: Fructose

The creation of new penicllin based antibiotics from natural penicillin produced by microorganisms (Creating semi-synthetic antibiotics). It does by changing the structure of penicillin. I.e. Penicillin G -> Amoxicillin

Substrate: Penicillin
Enzyme: Penicillin Acylase
Product: Different structures of Penicillin such as Amoxicillin

The digestion of starch in to simpler sugars

Substrate: Starch (Amylose)
Enzyme: Amylase
Product: Maltose

The fermentation of Glucose

Substrate: Glucose
Enzyme: Zymase
Product: Ethanol and Carbon Dioxide

Well prepared aye?:p As said, that's all you need.