Biotechnology
2023 · Paper 1
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Questions 52–54 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.
Question 52
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The number of different possible ways of forming five intramolecular disulfide bonds with ten cysteine residues of a protein is __________.
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The following schematic diagram shows a chemostat with cell recycle

where F₀ and Fᵣ are the volumetric flow rates (in L.h
) of feed and recycle streams, respectively. X₁, X₀ and X are the cell concentrations (in g.L
) in the reactor, recycle-stream and product-stream, respectively. If
,
and X₁ is 7.3 g.L
, the value of X (in g.L
, rounded off to one decimal place) is __________.Log in to check the answer
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An enzyme (E) catalyzes the biochemical reaction A → B with k₍cat₎ equal to 500 s
. If the initial reaction velocity (V₀) is 10 μM.s
at the total enzyme concentration [Eₜ] of 30 nM and substrate concentration [A] of 40 μM, the value of Kₘ (in μM) is __________.Log in to check the answer
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