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Chem 4320/5320: Biochemistry 1
We are now in an age of exceptional opportunities for the application of our great understanding of Biochemistry to problems in medicine, dentistry, agriculture, forensics, anthropology, environmental science, nutrition, physiology, genetics, and immunology; practically all of the primary specialties on the life sciences.
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Little Rock
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 80 sections
- 01: Amino Acids
- 1.1: Nomenclature of Amino acids
- 1.2: Structure of Amino Acids
- 1.3: Properties of Amino Acids
- 1.3.1. Charged Nature of Amino Acid
- 1.3.2. Stereochemistry of Amino Acids
- 1.4: Reactions of Amino Acids
- 1.4.1 Acid-base Chemistry of Amino Acids
- 1.4.2. Acid-Base Reactions of Amino Acids
- 02: Protein Structure
- 2.1: The Structure of Proteins
- 2.2: Protein Sequencing
- 2.3: Protein Structural Determination
- 2.4: Protein Folding and Prions
- 2.5: Denaturation of proteins
- 2.6: Amino Acids and Proteins (Exercises)
- 03: Methods of Protein Purification and Characterization
- 3.1: Protein Purification
- 3.2: Cell Disruption
- 3.3:Cell Fractionation and Centrifugation
- 3.4: Chromatography
- 3.4.1. Affinity Chromatography
- 3.4.2. Gel Exclusion Chromatography
- 3.4.3. Ion Exchange Chromatography
- 3.5: Electrophoresis
- 3.5.1: Blotting
- 3.5.2: Exercises
- 04: Overview of Hemoglobin and Myoglobin
- 4.1: Myoglobin Hemoglobin and their Ligands
- 4.2: Oxygen Transport by the Proteins Myoglobin and Hemoglobin
- 4.3: Exercises
- 05: Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics
- 5.1: Catalytic Efficiency of Enzymes
- 5.2: Enzyme Parameters
- 5.3: Michaelis-Menten Kinetics
- 5.4: Enzyme Inhibition
- 5.5: Temperature, pH, and enzyme concentration on the rate of a reaction
- 5.6: Multi-Substrate Sequential Mechanisms
- 5.7: Double displacement reaction
- 06: Catalytic Strategies of Enzymes
- 6.1: Serine proteases
- 6.2: Transititon State Analogs and Catalytic Antibodies
- 6.3: Restriction Endonuclease
- 08: Enzyme Regulation
- 7.1: Control of Metabolism Through Enzyme Regulation
- 7.2: Amino Acids, Proteins, and Enzymes (Summary)
- 7.3: Exercises
- 09: Carbohydrates
- 8.1: Carbohydrates Fundamentals
- 8.2: Monosaccharides
- 8.3: Disaccharides
- 8.4: Oligosaccharides
- 8.5: Polysaccharides
- 8.6: Exercises
- 9: Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis
- 9.1: Glycolysis - Reaction and Regulation
- 9.2 Gluconeogenesis: Reaction and regulation
- 9.3: Exercises
- 10: Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Links Glycolysis to Krebs Cycle
- 10.1: The Krebs Cycle (Citric Acid Cycle)
- 10.2: Exercises
- 11: Electron Transport Chain and Oxidative Phosphorylation
- 11.1: ETC and Oxidative Phosphorylation
- 11.1: Exercises
- 12: The Flow of Genetic Information: from DNA to RNA and Proteins
- 12.1: The Structure of DNA
- 12.2: DNA Replication
- 12.3: DNA Repair
- 12.4: RNA
- 12.4.1 Types of RNA
- 12.4.2. RNA - Transcription
- 12.4.3. Regulation of Transcription
- 12.5: The Genetic Code
- 12.6: Translation
- 12.7: Exercises
- 13: Integrated chapter (HIV)
- 13.1: Envelope glycoprotein GP120
- 13.2: HIV-1 protease (PR)
- 13.3: HIV vaccine
- 13.4: Exercises