Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have an enzyme, penicillinase, that catalyzes the decomposition of the antibiotic. The molecular m
ass of penicillinase is 31200 g/mol. The turnover number of the enzyme at 28 °C is 2.00 × 103 s–1. If 4.10 μg of penicillinase catalyzes the destruction of 2.83 mg of amoxicillin, an antibiotic with a molecular mass of 364 g/mol, in 29.6 seconds at 28 °C, how many active sites does the enzyme have? Assume that the enzyme is fully saturated under the conditions described above.
On May 2, 2003, the Old Man of the Mountain, New Hampshire's famous face-shaped granite formation, adorned the side of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch State Park, just as it had for millennia. But by the next morning, it was gone: The iconic stone face had fallen.