Audience
Intended for everyone interested in Biochemistry, particularly undergraduate and graduate life science students.
Features
Fully illustrated.
Complete lists of amino acids, functional groups, chemical classes.
IUPAC nomenclature
Periodic Table
Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases
Use your down time to prepare for an exam.
Always have the guide available for a quick reference.
Table of Contents
Chapters:
I. Biomolecules
II. Chemical Properties
III. Structural Compounds
IV. Enzymes
V. Membranes And Transport
VI. Energy Pathways
VII. Signal Transduction
VIII. Techniques
Appendices:
General Index
Common Atoms
Hydrocarbons
Standard Amino Acids
Functional groups
Chemical classes
IUPAC nomenclature
Periodic Table
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About
I. Biomolecules
Carbohydrates: Monosaccharides | Sugar | Disaccharide | Oligosaccharide | Polysaccharide | Starch | Glycogen | Gluconeogenesis
Lipids: Fatty Acids | Fatty Acid Degradation | Fatty Acid Synthesis | Triglyceride | Waxes | Lipoprotein | Phospholipids | Cholesterol
Nucleic acids: DNA | DNA replication | Mitochondrial DNA | RNA | mRNA | tRNA | Non-coding RNA | siRNA | RNA Degradation | Codon | Adenin | Cytosine | Guanine | Thymine | Uracil | Oligonucleotides
Proteins: Amino acid | Peptide | Primary structure | Secondary structure | Tertiary structure | Protein folding | Protein Degradation
II. Chemical Properties
Bonds: Covalent | Non-covalent | Ionic bond | Hydrogen bond | Van der Waals attractions | Hydrophobic forces
Hydrophilicity: Hydrophilic | Hydrophobic | Polarity
pH: pH | Acid | Alkaline | Base
Redox: Reduction and oxidation | Citric acid cycle | Hydrolysis
III. Structural Compounds
In cells: Actin | Intermediate filament | Microtubule | Flagellin | Peptidoglycan | Myelin | Myosin
In animals: Chitin | Keratin | Collagen | Silk
In plants: Cellulose | Lignin | Cell wall
IV. Enzymes
Enzymes: Etymology and history | 3D Structure | Thermodynamics | Kinetics | Inhibition | Metabolic pathways and allosteric enzymes | Enzyme-naming conventions
Examples: Ubiquitin | Kinase | Dehydrogenase | Proteasome
V. Membranes And Transport
Structure: Fluid mosaic model | Detailed Structure
Membrane Components: Phospholipids | Sphingomyelin | Glycolipid
Movement of Molecules: Diffusion | Osmosis | Electrochemical gradient | Membrane permeability
Passive transport: Facilitated diffusion | Ion channel
Active transport: ATP-Dependent Na/K Pump | V-ATPase | Proton pump | Electron transport | Antiporter | Symporter | Exocytosis | Endocytosis
VI. Energy Pathways
Cellular respiration: Aerobic respiration | Theoretical yields | Anaerobic respiration | Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
1. Glycolysis: Preparatory phase | Pay-off phase | Entry of sugars | Control of flux | Energy pay-off | Follow-up | Intermediates for other pathways | High aerobic glycolysis | Alternative nomenclature | Oxidative decarboxylation
2. Krebs cycle/Citric Acid cycle
3. Oxidative Phosphorylation
and much more...
