Please help with biochem HW questions!!

[highlanderdds]

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Please help me with couple biochemistry homework questions~ Thanks 🙂

#1
The specific activity of an enzyme:
a) is given by the units rate/mg protein
b) increases as an enzyme is purified
c) decrease as the enzyme is purified
d) a) and b)
e) b) and c)

#2
Characteristic feature(s) of an enzyme includes
a) its position at the final step of a multistep biosynthetic pathway
b) its position at the initial step of a multistep biosynthetic pathway
c) its sigmoidal V vs. S curve
d) a) and c)
e) b) and c)

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[ziptree]

Specific Activity:
1. d) a and b.

Enzyme
2.
a) Wouldn't do much good if it were at the end.
b) If its at the beginning, then allosteric (negative) inhibition of the product could occur. So this could be right.
c) Isn't a sigmoidal curve an S-shaped curve?

Either it's B or E...sorry I don't know this one for sure. I'd put B. =p