Synoptic essay biology A level

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Hello,
For our summer work we have to write a synoptic essay on the importance of enzymes in biology, but I have no idea which 4 topics to use...
I have Protein synthesis and photosynthesis but am stuck on the last two

Any help will be greatly appreciated- thanks! :smile:

Reply 1

aj_11_04

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Original post by biology234

Hello,
For our summer work we have to write a synoptic essay on the importance of enzymes in biology, but I have no idea which 4 topics to use...
I have Protein synthesis and photosynthesis but am stuck on the last two

Any help will be greatly appreciated- thanks! :smile:

Digestion and absorption
dna replication

Reply 2

biology234

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Ah ok, thank you! Just wondering- for digestion and absorption- can you do all the enzymes involved e.g. for proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, or should I just focus on 1 like proteins?

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aj_11_04

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Original post by biology234

Ah ok, thank you! Just wondering- for digestion and absorption- can you do all the enzymes involved e.g. for proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, or should I just focus on 1 like proteins?

Yes just focus on one polysaccharide - I had a paragraph about the hydrolysis of starch into maltose and then maltose into glucose then I would say something about the importance of glucose for glycolysis in respiration to produce ATP for (named example)

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Reply 4

biology234

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Thank you- that's really helpful. We haven't learnt about glycolysis in respiration yet, but if I did Protein synthesis and DNA replication- would they be separate enough topics?

Reply 5

aj_11_04

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Original post by biology234

Thank you- that's really helpful. We haven't learnt about glycolysis in respiration yet, but if I did Protein synthesis and DNA replication- would they be separate enough topics?

Yes they’re different spec points I would link dna synthesis to mitosis and protein synthesis to immune response

Synoptic essay biology A level

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