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Application of the transition time of metabolic system as a criterion for optimization of metabolic processes
1Departamento de Bioquímica Y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España.
Abstract:
Transition time of metabolic systems in introduced as a suitable optimization criterion for biotechnological processes in which it is desirable to reduce the lag time and minimize the mass contained within the system. Lag time is the time needed for the system to attain the steady state. Results obtained from the sensitivity analysis of this steady state response are presented within the metabolic control analysis and applied to 3 case studies. In all of them the information provided by the transition time control profile allows the implementation of a strategy for biotechnological manipulations aimed at the improvement of the process.
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