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Biochemical Engineering
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Introduction
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the art and science of converting reactants into
useful products by the action of microorganisms or enzymes.
Examples:
production of a particular chemical, production of better plants/seeds,
use of specially designed organisms to degrade wastes
Bio-processing
Any process in which microorganisms play an essential role in getting
transformation of feed into useful products is called as bio-
processing.
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic acids
UPSTREAM PROCESSES
Media
Inoculum Equipment Formulation
Preparation Sterilization and
Sterilization
BIOREACTOR - FERMENTER
Reaction
Instrumenta
Kinetics Transport Phenomena
tion
and and Fluid Properties
and Control
Bioactivity
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSES
Waste
Recovery and Recovery,
Separation
Purification Reuse and
Treatment
THE BOTTOM LINE
HEALTH
REGULATIO ECONOMIC
AND
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SAFETY
Microbiology
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Positive
represent a massive resource of biocatalysis for the
biotransformation of organic materials and the degradation of
herbicides, insecticides and other man-made chemicals
Negative
Represent the principal agents causing the deterioration of
biomaterial e.g food and wood and are major hazards to public
health (food poisoning and other diseases)
Drawback
Could not explain some of the conformational changes taking
place in the enzymes when they come in contact with the
substrate
An enzyme may not be having exactly complementary feature
that is compatible to the substrate, but still there are cases where
reaction have taken place
Drawback
X-ray diffraction analysis and some spectroscopic analysis have
shown differences in the structures of free enzymes and substrate
bound enzymes.
This was explained by Koshland in 1958 with his Koshland
induced-fit hypothesis
This hypothesis proposes that the structure of the substrate may not
be complementary to the enzyme in its native format,
but it is complementary to the active site in the substrate-enzyme
complex.
Both the enzyme and the substrate change their structure slightly to
accommodate each other.
Function:
Catalysts are substances that increase or decrease the rate of a
chemical reaction but remain unchanged.
Enzymes are proteins that increase rate of chemical reactions
converting substrate into product.
Molecular weight:
Low molecular weight compounds.
High molecular weight globular proteins.
Types:
There are two types of catalysts positive and negative catalysts.
There are two types of enzymes - activation enzymes and inhibitory enzymes.
Alternate terms:
Inorganic catalyst. Organic catalyst or bio catalyst.
Nature:
Catalysts are simple inorganic molecules
Enzymes are complex proteins
Reaction rates:
Typically slower Several times faster
Specificity:
They are not specific and therefore end up producing residues with
errors Enzymes are highly specific producing large amount of good
residues
Conditions:
High temp, pressure
Mild conditions,