Credits: 4 (3-0-2)
Prerequisites: BBL431
Description
Introduction and scope; Chemical and functional nature of enzymes; Application of enzymes in process industries and health care; microbial production and purification of industrial enzymes; kinetics of enzyme catalysed reactions; immobilization of enzymes; stabilization of enzymes. Bioreactors for soluble and immobilized enzymes, mass transfer and catalysis in immobilized reactors. Enzyme based biosensors; enzyme catalysed process with cofactor regeneration; Enzyme reactions in micro-aqueous medium and non-conventional medium. Laboratory: Assay of enzyme activity and specific activity; kinetic analysis of an enzyme catalysed reaction; Immobilization of enzymes by adsorption and covalent binding; salt precipitation of an enzyme; immobilization of microbial cells by entrapment; effect of water and solvent on the lipase catalysed esterification reaction.
Prerequisite Tree
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BBL433-78[BBL433]
BBL431-78 --> EC25-78[EC25]
BBL433-78 --> BBL431-78[BBL431]
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