Numerical analysis of initial amount of substrate and biomass in substrate inhibition process

Abstract

-The process of inhibition of enzymes is important because it serves as a fundamental control mechanism in many biological systems and allows the regulation of metabolic pathways. In fact, many medications act by inhibiting specific enzymes in the brain or in body tissues. Therefore, the understanding of enzymatic inhibition mechanism is, essential. Inhibitors are frequently used as tools for the study of the mechanism of the enzymes themselves. In the present paper we have studied the process of substrate inhibition by developing a mathematical model that allow us to understand the influence of initial amount of substrate and initial biomass concentration on maximum growth rate value. Numerical analysis using Matlab software was performed to model this inhibition process. © 2018, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.