GATE Fundamentals of Biological Engineering: Bioreaction Engineering: Rate law, zero and first order kinetics, Michaelis-Menten kinetics and enzyme inhibition – Previous Year Questions
6 GATE previous year questions on Bioreaction Engineering: Rate law, zero and first order kinetics, Michaelis-Menten kinetics and enzyme inhibition (Fundamentals of Biological Engineering, Biotechnology) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2021 BT Q35 – α-amylase has K m=0.005 M. The starch concentration for one-fourth of maximum hydrolysis rate (mM, two decimal places) is .
- GATE 2022 BT Q50 – Which plots are correct for Michaelis–Menten kinetics at [S] K m, where S is substrate concentration and v 0 is initial reaction velocity?
- GATE 2023 BT Q47 – Temperature of a reaction with activation energy 15\ kcal\ mol-1 is increased from 300 K to 310 K. With R=1.9872\ cal\ mol-1K-1, the ratio k 310/k 300…
- GATE 2023 BT Q54 – An enzyme catalyzes A B with k cat=500\ s-1. If V 0=10\ M/s, total enzyme concentration is 30 nM and [A]=40\ M, the value of K m (μM) is .
- GATE 2026 BT Q32 – You are characterizing a new enzyme isolated and purified in the laboratory. If the maximum velocity of the enzyme is 1800 moles L-1 min-1 and the…
- GATE 2026 BT Q60 – A substrate is consumed in a zero order reaction such that its concentration falls from 42 g L-1 to 14 g L-1 in 4 hours. The total time taken for…