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explain the use of enzyme assay enzyme assay is also used for research into such processes as the browning of plant products which poses problems
what is enzyme assayenzyme assay may also be used to determine whether stored plant products are suitable for use as food commoditiesfor eg
enzymatic analysis in foods applications in food industrydid you know that the degree of bacterial contamination of foods or freshness of food
enzymes and recombinant dna technologyrecombinant dna technology also called as genetic engineering makes use of a variety of enzymes particularly
cheese productioncheese production involves the conversion of the milk protein k-casein to paracasein by a defined limited hydrolysis catalysed by
explain xylose isomeras a mixture of glucose and fructose is produced from sucrose by the action of yeast invertase beta-fructofuranosidase an enzyme
enzymes utilization in brewing industryhere the main starting material is malt produced by allowing barley seeds to germinate under moist conditions
enzymes utilization in baking industryin the baking of bread the preliminary process involves the mixing of wheat flour mainly starch and proteins
enzymes utilization in food industry enzymes may be used in industry as components of living cells or after isolation in free or immobilized forms
explain the process of dna technology procedures involving recombinant dna technology has been used to increase the yield of enzymes already produced
biotechnological applications of enzymesalthough enzymes have been used in certain industrial processes for centuries their precise role or even
oligomeric enzymesoligomeric proteins consist of two or more polypeptide chains which are usually linked to each other by non-covalent interactions
explain about thiol proteasesgroup of thiol proteases similar in structure to each other are found in plants these include papain from the
determine the fuction of monomeric enzymesmonomeric enzymes include pepsin like the pancreatic serine proteases plays a role in the digestion of
proteolytic enzymesthey catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in other proteins in order to prevent them doing generalized damage to all cellular
monomeric enzymesmonomeric enzymes are those which consist of only a single polypeptide chain so they cannot be dissociated into smaller units very
distinct types of proteins two distinct types of proteins are known fibrous and globular proteinsfibrous proteins are insoluble in water and are
determine the structure of enzymessince all enzymes are proteins you will realize that knowledge of protein structure is clearly a pre-requisite to
explain the the system of the nomenclature the system of the nomenclature and the classification of enzymes is based exclusively on the reaction that
system of classificationthe enzyme commission divided enzymes into 6 main classes on the basis of the total reaction catalyzed each enzyme was
classification of enzymesit has been a long tradition of giving enzymes names ending in ase the only major exception to this ase is the
explain about enzymesall enzymes are proteins many enzyme proteins lack catalytic activity in the absence of a non-protein component called a
effect of processing on mineral content of foodsminerals are comparatively stable under processing conditions such as heat light use of oxidizing
estimation of minerals in foodsthe minerals in foods are determined by ashing or incineration at temperatures in the region of 500degc following
bioavailability of mineralsit is well known that the concentration of a nutrient in a food is not a reliable indicator of its nutritional value in