BIOTECHNOLOGY - Inshyna N.M. - 2009

CHAPTER 2. PROTEIN ENGINEERING

Review Questions

1. Compare the METABOLISM/8.html">Properties of Enzymes and chemical catalysts. What properties of enzymes limit their industrial Applications?

2. What Structural Features of enzymes determine their lifespan? What Methods can be used to alter the half-life of enzymes?

3. What enzyme properties can be altered using Site-Directed Mutagenesis?

4. How does the substitution of asparagine with another amino acid residue affect protein stability?

5. In what ways can an enzyme's requirement for Cofactors be modified?

6. What enzyme properties can be altered through chemical modification?

7. What is molecular imprinting?

8. What are the advantages of using organic Solvents instead of Water for Enzymatic Catalysis reactions?

9. Compare the catalytic efficiency of multi-enzyme systems versus individual enzymes.

10. What are abzymes? What is their practical significance?



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