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#Question id: 405

When a mixture of glucose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate is incubated with the enzyme phosphohexose isomerase (which catalyzes the interconversion of these two compounds) until equilibrium is reached, the final mixture contains twice as much glucose 6-phosphate as fructose 6-phosphate.  Which one of the following statements is best applied to this reaction outlined below? (R = 8.315 J/mol·K; T = 298 K) Glucose 6-phosphate -> fructose 6-phosphate

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

  1. DG'° is incalculably large and negative.

  2. DG'° is –1.72 kJ/mol.

  3. DG'° is  zero.

  4. DG'° is +1.72 kJ/mol.

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#Question id: 15491

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

The respiratory coefficient for the reaction    is defined as
   
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#Question id: 15492

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Assume that experimental measurements for a certain organism have shown that cells can convert two-thirds (wt/wt) of the substrate carbon to biomass carbon. Calculate the stoichiometric coefficients for the following biological reactions:
 Hexadecane: C16H34 + aO2 + bNH3 c(C4.4H7.3N0.86O1.2) + dH2O + eCO2
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#Question id: 15493

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Assume that experimental measurements for a certain organism have shown that cells can convert two-thirds (wt/wt) of the substrate carbon to biomass carbon. Calculate the stoichiometric coefficients for the following biological reactions:

Glucose: C6H12O6 + aO2 + bNH3 c(C4.4H7.3N0.86O1.2) + dH2O + eCO2
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#Question id: 15494

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Assuming that cells convert two-thirds (w/w) of the substrate to biomass, the stoichiometric coefficient (1 only) for glucose utilisation for the following reaction is
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#Question id: 15495

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Calculate the degree of reduction for following substrates:
A) Methane
B) Glucose
C) Ethanol
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#Question id: 15496

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

S. cerevisiae produces ethanol at a yield of 0.5 g/g glucose. The strain ferments 20g/l glucose in 24 hours. Calculate productivity of ethanol in this fermentation