Enzymes and Enzyme Technology

Week 1 Principles of enzyme mechanisms. Transition state theory
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/mechan.html
Principles of enzyme kinetics
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/whyenz.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/nomenc.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/units.html
  'Protein structure and Enzyme activity' PC program.

Week 2Enzyme kinetics; developing kinetic equations
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/kinetics.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/ph.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/temperature.html
Determination of K_m and V_max
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/determination.html

Week 3
Enzyme inhibition: kinetic equations
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/inhibition.html
Introduction to the use of enzymes by industry
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/largescale.html

Week 4
Enzyme reactor kinetics
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/reactors.html
Detergent enzymes
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/detergent.html

Week 5
Lactase
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/lactase.html
Starch processing
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/starch.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/glucose.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/maltose.html

Week 6
Other food and clothing industry enzymes
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/proteases.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/leather.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/sucrose.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/cellulose.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/fruitjuice.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/god.html
Medical and pharmaceutical uses of enzymes
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/medical.html

Week 7
Immobilisation as a reason for enzyme stabilisation; other reasons for immobilisation; methods of immobilisation
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/imeconom.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/immethod.html
Introduction to the kinetics of immobilised enzymes; the effects of partition.
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/imkinetics.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/partition.html.

Week 8
Introduction to the effects of diffusion on immobilised enzymes; external diffusion; effectiveness factors.
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/diffusion.html
Effect of diffusion on reactions involving H⁺; diffusion in porous supports.
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/diffusion.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/porous.html.

Week 9
Enzyme reactors; reactor kinetics.
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/reactors.html
Examples of immobilised enzyme processes.
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/improcess.html.

Week 10
Shifts of equilibria in biphasic systems.
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/biphasic2.html
Peptide synthesis and other examples of the use of biphasic systems; synthesis of aspartame. Aqueous biphasic systems; the kinetic control of enzyme reactions; conversion of porcine insulin to human insulin.
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/equilibria.html

Week 11
Introduction to biosensors; calorimetric and potentiometric biosensors.
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/analysis.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/biosensors.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/calorimetric.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/potentiometric.html,
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/piezo.html
Recent advances in biosensors; amperometric and optical biosensors;
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/amperometric.html
  http://www.lsbu.ac.uk//biology/enztech/optical.html

Week 12
Enzymes in the news today.

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on 28 January, 2005