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Biochemistry Free & Easy

Dr. Kevin Ahern and Dr. Indira Rajagopal's electronic book is aimed at helping students learn the basics of biochemistry in a fun and engaging format.

BiochemistryBiology
Author
Kevin Ahern & Indira Rajagopal
Publisher
Oregon State University
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 98 sections
  1. 01: Cells Water and Buffers
  2. 1.01: Introduction
  3. 1.02: Cells- The Bio of Biochemistry
  4. 1.03: Water Water Everywhere
  5. 1.04: Buffers Keep the Cellular Environment Stable
  6. 1.05: Henderson-Hasselbalch Approximation
  7. 02: Energy
  8. 2.01: Oxidative Energy
  9. 2.02: Oxidation vs Reduction in Metabolism
  10. 2.03: Energy Coupling
  11. 2.04: Entropy and Energy
  12. 2.05: Gibbs Free Energy
  13. 2.06: Cellular Phosphorylations
  14. 2.07: Energy Efficiency
  15. 2.08: Metabolic Controls of Energy
  16. 2.09: Molecular Backups for Muscles
  17. 2.10: Summary
  18. 03: Structure Function
  19. 3.01: Introduction to Structure Function
  20. 3.02: Building Blocks
  21. 3.03: Proteins
  22. 3.04: Nucleic Acids
  23. 3.05: Carbohydrates
  24. 3.06: Lipids and Membranes
  25. 04: Catalysis
  26. 4.01: Introduction to Catalysis
  27. 4.02: Activation Energy
  28. 4.03: General Mechanisms of Action
  29. 4.04: Substrate Binding
  30. 4.05: Enzyme Flexibility
  31. 4.06: Active Site
  32. 4.07: Chymotrypsin
  33. 4.08: Enzyme Parameters
  34. 4.09: Perfect Enzymes
  35. 4.10: Lineweaver-Burk Plots
  36. 4.11: Enzyme Inhibition
  37. 4.12: Control of Enzymes
  38. 4.13: Ribozymes
  39. 05: Flow of Genetic Information
  40. 5.01: DNA Replication
  41. 5.02: DNA Repair
  42. 5.03: Transcription
  43. 5.04: Regulation of Transcription
  44. 5.05: RNA Processing
  45. 5.06: Translation
  46. 06: Metabolism I - Oxidative Reductive Processes
  47. 6.01: Definitions
  48. 6.02: Perspectives
  49. 6.03: Glycolysis
  50. 6.04: Gluconeogenesis
  51. 6.05: Citric Acid Cycle
  52. 6.06: Glyoxylate Pathway
  53. 6.07: Acetyl-CoA Metabolism
  54. 6.08: Cholesterol Metabolism
  55. 6.09: Ketone Body Synthesis
  56. 6.10: Prostaglandin Synthesis
  57. 6.11: Fatty Acid Oxidation
  58. 6.12: Fatty Acid Synthesis
  59. 6.13: Metabolism of Fat
  60. 6.14: Connections to Other Pathways
  61. 07: Metabolism II
  62. 7.01: Carbohydrate Storage and Breakdown
  63. 7.02: Pentose Phospate Pathway
  64. 7.03: Calvin Cycle
  65. 7.04: C4 Plants
  66. 7.05: Urea Cycle
  67. 7.06: Nitrogen Fixation
  68. 7.07: Amino Acid Metabolism
  69. 7.08: Amino Acid Catabolism
  70. 7.09: Nucleotide Metabolism
  71. 7.10: Pyrimidine de novo Biosynthesis
  72. 7.11: Purine de novo Biosynthesis
  73. 7.12: Deoxyribonucleotide de novo Biosynthesis
  74. 08: Signaling
  75. 8.01: Cell Signaling
  76. 8.02: Ligand-gated Ion Channel Receptors
  77. 8.03: Nuclear Hormone Receptors
  78. 8.04: G-protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs)
  79. 8.05: Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs)
  80. 09: Techniques
  81. 9.01: Cell Disruption
  82. 9.02: Fractionation
  83. 9.03: Ion Exchange Chromatography
  84. 9.04: Gel Exclusion Chromatography
  85. 9.05: Affinity Chromatography
  86. 9.06: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
  87. 9.07: Histidine Tagging
  88. 9.08: Electrophoresis
  89. 9.09: Protein Cleavage
  90. 9.10: Microarrays
  91. 9.11: Blotting
  92. 9.12: Making Recombinant DNAs
  93. 9.13: Polymerase Chain Reaction
  94. 9.14: Lac Z Blue-White Screening
  95. 9.15: Reverse Transcription
  96. 10: Putting It All Together
  97. 10.01: Looking Back
  98. 10.02: Looking Forward