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DATE:February 20,2020
Section: ChE-5201
Biochemical Engineering
Histamine, an organic nitrogenous compound which can cause allergic rhinitis, can be produced
in our body through the decarboxylation of the amino acid histidine. Given that 18 mM of the
decarboxylase is used and 5 mM of histidine forms
1. Calculate the Michaelis-Menten constant if the reaction velocity and the TON are 6 mM/s
and 37/s respectively.
a. 0.330 M
b. 0.440 M
c. 0.550 M
d. 0.660 M
SOLUTION:
GIVEN: [S] = 5 mM
V = 6 mM/s
TON = 37/s
[E] = 18 mM
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝑇𝑂𝑁 = [𝐸 ∗ ]
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑇𝑂𝑁[𝐸]
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥[𝑆]
𝑉= 𝐾𝑚+[𝑆]
𝑇𝑂𝑁[𝐸][𝑆]
𝑉= 𝐾𝑚+[𝑆]
37
(18 𝑚𝑀)(5𝑚𝑀)
𝑠
6 𝑚𝑀/𝑠 = 𝐾𝑚+5𝑚𝑀
𝑲𝒎 = 𝟓𝟓𝟎 𝒎𝑴 𝒐𝒓 𝟎. 𝟓𝟓𝟎 𝑴
GIVEN: [I] = 7 Mm
Ki = 1.4 mM
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥[𝑆]
𝑉= [𝐼]
[𝑆]+𝐾𝑚 (1+ )
𝐾𝑠
37
18 𝑚𝑀( )(5𝑚𝑀)
𝑠
𝑉= 7 𝑚𝑀
5 𝑚𝑀+550 𝑚𝑀 (1+ )
1.4 𝑚𝑀
𝑽 = 𝟏. 𝟎𝟎𝟕𝟔 𝒎𝑴/𝒔
Lactase, also known as B-galactosidase, catalyzes the hydrolysis of lactose to produce glucose
and galactose from milk and whey. Experiments are carried out to determine the kinetic
parameters for enzyme. The initial rate data are as follows.
SOLUTION:
𝐾𝑚
𝑚 = 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝐾𝑚
0.1722 = 2.2243
𝒎𝒐𝒍
𝑲𝒎 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟖𝟑𝟎
𝑳
SOLUTION:
GIVEN: V = 18 g/day
Vmax = 35g/day
[S] = 20mg/L
35𝑔 8𝑚𝑔
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥[𝑆] 2( )( )
𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐿
𝑉= [𝑆]+𝐾𝑚
𝑉= 𝑚𝑔 8𝑚𝑔
18.888 +
𝐿 𝐿
𝑔 20𝑚𝑔
𝑔 35 ( ) 𝒈
𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐿
18 𝑑𝑎𝑦 = 20𝑚𝑔 𝑽 = 𝟐𝟎. 𝟖𝟐𝟔𝟓 𝒅𝒂𝒚
+𝐾𝑚
𝐿
𝑚𝑔
𝐾𝑚 = 18.888 𝐿
The following data on the rate of formation of RCOOH at 25 deg C. and pH = 6.5 were
obtained.
SOLUTION:
Lineweaver-Burke Equation
1 𝐾𝑚 1 1
= ( )+
𝑉 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 [𝑆] 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥
1
𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑏 ; 𝑚 = 34.7379 𝑏 = 8.0452 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏 =
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥
1
8.0452 =
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 0.1243
PROBLEMS:
3.1 Determination of Km and Vmax. Initial rates of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction for various
substrate concentrations are listed in Table 3P1.1.
SOLUTION:
a. Lineweaver-Burk Plot
1 𝐾𝑚 1 1
= ( )+
𝑉 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 [𝑆] 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙
= 7.62𝑥10−9 ; 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1.31𝑥108
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝐿 − 𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝐾𝑚
𝑚 = 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 8.08𝑥10−14 ; 𝐾𝑚 = 1.06𝑥10−5 𝑚𝑜𝑙/𝐿
𝐾𝑚𝑉
b. 𝑣 = − [𝑆]
+ 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥
3.2. Batch enzymic reaction. An enzyme with a Km of 1x10-3 M was assayed using an initial
substrate concentration of 3x10-5 M. After 2 min, 5 percent of the substrate was converted. How
much substrate will be converted after 10, 30, and 60 min?
SOLUTION:
Given: Km=1x10-3 M
[S]initial = 3x10-5 M
[𝑆]𝑖
𝐾𝑚 (𝑙𝑛 [𝑆]𝑓 ) + ([𝑆]𝑖 − [𝑆]𝑓)
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 =
𝑡𝑓 − 𝑡𝑖
3𝑥10−5
1𝑥10−3 (𝑙𝑛 0.95(3𝑥10−5 ) ) + (3𝑥10−5 − 0.95(3𝑥10−5 ))
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 = ; [𝑆]𝑓 = 0.95[𝑆]𝑖
2
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 2.64 𝑥10−5 𝑀/𝑚𝑖𝑛
3𝑥10−5
1𝑥10−3 (𝑙𝑛 [𝑆]𝑓
) + (3𝑥10−5 − [𝑆]𝑓)
−5
2.64 𝑥10 = ; 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 10 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠
10 − 2
[𝑆]𝑓 = 𝟐. 𝟒𝟒 𝒙𝟏𝟎−𝟓 𝑴
3𝑥10−5
1𝑥10−3 (𝑙𝑛 [𝑆]𝑓
) + (3𝑥10−5 − [𝑆]𝑓)
−5
2.64 𝑥10 = ; 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠
30 − 2
[𝑆]𝑓 = 𝟏. 𝟒𝟓 𝒙 𝟏𝟎−𝟓 𝑴
3𝑥10−5
1𝑥10−3 (𝑙𝑛 [𝑆]𝑓
) + (3𝑥10−5 − [𝑆]𝑓)
−5
2.64 𝑥10 = ; 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 60 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠
60 − 2
[𝑆]𝑓 = 𝟔. 𝟒𝟔 𝒙 𝟏𝟎−𝟔 𝑴
PROBLEMS:
SOLUTION:
𝐾_1+𝐾2 4.4𝑥104 +(103 )
a. 𝐾𝑚 = = = 4.5𝑥10−5 𝑀
𝐾1 109
𝑉𝑚+𝑆
b. 𝑉 = 𝐾𝑚+𝑆 ; 𝑟2 = 𝑘2 + 𝑘1 − 𝑘−1 = 999.957 𝑥106 𝑉𝑚 = 𝑟2 𝐸𝑜
(999.957 𝑥106 )(10−6 ) + 10−3
𝑉= = 9.58𝑥10−4 𝑀
4.5𝑋10−5 + 10−3
SOLUTION:
1 𝐾𝑚 1 1
a. = 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 ([𝑆]) + 𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝑉
𝑉𝑚
𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒 = 9.2𝑥10−3 = 𝑦 − 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 = 𝑉𝑚 = 0.04 𝑚𝑙/ℎ
𝐾𝑎
0.04 𝒖𝒈
𝐾𝑎 = −3
= 𝟒. 𝟑𝟓
9.2𝑥10 𝒍
60
b. 𝑉 = 𝑉𝑚(1 + 𝐾𝑎) = 0.04 (1 + 4.35) = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟗 𝒎𝒍/𝒉