An enzyme acts as a catalyst in the fermentation of A to form product R. An...

 

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An enzyme acts as a catalyst in the fermentation of A to form product R. An aqueous feed stream containing the enzyme and compound A flows into a CSTR at 25 L/min, and the initial concentration of A is 2 mol*L1. Determine the turnover number in min- and expressed to two decimal places if the total enzyme concentration is 2.5 mol*L-1. If needed, you may assume that the total enzyme concentration and volumetric flowrates are constant and the reaction follows Michaelis Menten kinetics. The maximum rate of destruction of the substrate is 0.4 mol/(L min). When the substrate concentration is 0.5 mol/L, the rate of destruction of the substrate is 0.2 mol/(L min), i.e. half of the maximum rate. An enzyme acts as a catalyst in the fermentation of A to form product R. An aqueous feed stream containing the enzyme and compound A flows into a CSTR at 25 L/min, and the initial concentration of A is 2 mol*L1. Determine the turnover number in min- and expressed to two decimal places if the total enzyme concentration is 2.5 mol*L-1. If needed, you may assume that the total enzyme concentration and volumetric flowrates are constant and the reaction follows Michaelis Menten kinetics. The maximum rate of destruction of the substrate is 0.4 mol/(L min). When the substrate concentration is 0.5 mol/L, the rate of destruction of the substrate is 0.2 mol/(L min), i.e. half of the maximum rate.