Question

Complete the following table comparing and contrasting the characteristics of organic chemistry and biochemistry.

Characteristic	Organic chemistry	Biochemistry
Speed	​​​​	​​​​​​​​​​​​
Concentrations	​​​​​​​​​​​​	​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Use of catalyst	​​​​​​​​​​​​​​	​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Speed Choices for both:   

• μsec, nsec
• Months, years
• Min, hr, day

Concentrations for both:

• Low (mM, μM, nM)
• High (M) - Low (nM)
• High (M)

Use of catalyst for both:

• Usually not
• Almost always I know this question is strange, it makes no sense to me. Help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Biochemical reaction involving enzyme catalysis require low amount of enzyme (which is itself a catalyst) and substrate.No further external catalyst is required.Occur fast due to few steps reaction.No wastage by side products formation ,so less concentration is enough.