Practice - Enzyme production
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Practice Questions
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Define what an enzyme is in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens in digestion.
What is gene cloning?
💡 Hint: Consider how you would replicate something identical.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main purpose of enzyme production through genetic engineering?
💡 Hint: Think about where enzymes are used in everyday products.
True or False: Gene cloning is optional in enzyme production.
💡 Hint: Consider if you would need many copies of something to work with it.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider an enzyme that has been expressed in a bacterium for industrial use. Outline the steps from gene selection to final application of the enzyme, including potential challenges at each stage.
💡 Hint: Think about the importance of each step and what might go wrong.
You are tasked with designing a new enzyme for use in biofuels. What gene would you select, what organism would you use, and why? What factors would influence your decisions?
💡 Hint: Consider the end goal of producing biofuels efficiently.
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