A Level Thoughts!

I just took my Paper 3 today. I took my Paper 2 a few days ago.

Paper 2 was relatively easy as compared to Paper 3.

Paper 2 was very expected, with most if not all questions being standard questions.
Except for the last question, an essay question which asked:
"Describe how amino acids are joined" [6].

I wrote about the translation process initially as it was a 6m question but on second thought, it didn't include the phrase 'the process', so I'm having second thoughts.
It shouldn't have been about condensation reaction as those types of questions typically are only 2-3 marks.

There was also an inhibitor question, to suggest why penicillin can be used as an inhibitor.
The question provided the structure of the substrate and penicillin, but included that penicillin binds irreversibly.

I wrote competitive inhibitors in the end as I thought they must give the structures with similar structural resemblance for a reason as penicillin could replace the substrate and bind irreversibly to the enzyme's active site(?).

Nonetheless, the other questions were pretty expected.

Paper 3 was tougher, with many questions that needed further thought.
But the following questions are what threw me off a bit.
Explain how genetic counselling benefited from the Human Genome Project. [3]
Explain why scientists have more considerations for the use of mitochondria replacement therapy compared to gene therapy. [3]

The paper had about only 50% standard questions, which was quite a shock compared to previous years, which had around 70% standard questions. Oh well.

Time to prepare for Paper 1 MCQ! (For bio and chem)