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Survey of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
This virtual book is a re-mix of a variety of OER chapters; the remix was created by Dr. A. Goodman as an alternative textbook for CHEM313 course. It is "work in progress" - please, let the instructor know if you spot problems and/or have suggestions.
- Author
- A. Goodman
- Publisher
- California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 126 sections
- 01: Chemical and Biological Foundations
- 1.01: Biological Foundations
- 1.1.01: Properties of life
- 1.1.02: Prokaryotic Cells and Scale
- 1.1.03: Eukaryotic Cells
- 1.02: Atoms Ions Molecules
- 1.03: Intermolecular Forces
- 1.04: Carbon and Functional Groups
- 1.05: Water Equilibrium and Buffers
- 02: Structure and Function- Proteins
- 2.01: Structure and Function - Amino Acids
- 2.02: Structure and Function- Proteins I
- 2.03: Structure and Function- Proteins II
- 03: Catalysis
- 3.01: Basic Principles of Catalysis
- 3.02: Control of Enzymatic Activity
- 3.03: Mechanisms of Catalysis
- 04: Structure and Function- Nucleic Acids
- 4.01: Prelude to Information Processing
- 4.02: Structure and Function - Nucleic Acids
- 4.03: DNA Replication
- 4.04: DNA Repair
- 4.05: Genes and Genomes
- 4.06: Transcription
- 4.6.01: RNA Processing
- 4.07: RNA Processing
- 4.08: Translation
- 4.09: Gene Expression
- 05: Structure and Function- Carbohydrates and Lipids
- 5.01: Structure and Function- Carbohydrates
- 5.02: Structure and Function - Lipids and Their Transport
- 5.2.01: 5.2.1 Optional- other interesting lipids
- 5.2.1.01: Bonus- other interesting lipids
- 5.03: Basic Concepts in Membranes
- 5.04: Transport Across Membranes
- 5.4.01: Optional deep dive in to membrane transport
- 5.05: Other Considerations in Membranes
- 06: Energy and Metabolism
- 6.01: Basics of Energy
- 6.02: Metabolism - Sugars
- 6.03: Citric Acid Cycle and Related Pathways
- 6.04: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
- 6.05: Fats and Fatty Acids
- 6.06: Amino Acids and the Urea Cycle
- 6.07: Other Lipids
- 6.08: Energy - Photophosphorylation
- 07: Regulation of Metabolism and Homeostasis
- 7.01: Signaling
- 7.02: How Cells Obtain Energy
- 7.2.01: Energy and Metabolism
- 7.2.02: Glycolysis
- 7.2.03: Citric Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation
- 7.2.04: Fermentation
- 7.2.05: Connections to Other Metabolic Pathways
- 7.2.E: How Cells Obtain Energy (Exercises)
- 7.03: Section - place holder
- 08: Biotechnology and Other Applications of Biochemistry
- 8.01: Section 1-
- 8.02: Section 2-
- 8.03: Section 3-
- 8.04: Section 4-
- 8.05: Section 5-
- 8.06: Section 6-
- 8.07: The Immune System and Disease
- 8.7.01: Viruses
- 8.7.02: Innate Immunity
- 8.7.03: Adaptive Immunity
- 8.7.04: Disruptions in the Immune System
- 8.7.E: The Immune System and Desease (Exercises)
- 8.08: Biotechnology
- 09: Basic Techniques
- 9.01: Cell Lysis
- 9.02: Fractionation and Chromatography Techniques
- 9.03: Electrophoresis
- 9.04: Detection identification and quantitation of specific nucleic acids and proteins
- 9.05: Transcriptomics
- 9.06: Isolating Genes
- 9.07: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- 9.08: Reverse Transcription
- 9.09: Genome Editing (CRISPR)
- 9.10: Membrane Dynamics (FRAP)
- 10: Supplemental Modules (Biochemistry)
- 10.01: DNA
- 10.1.01: DNA as Genetic Material
- 10.1.02: Structure of DNA and RNA
- 10.1.03: Bacterial Restriction Modification system
- 10.1.04: DNA Modifying Enzymes
- 10.1.05: DNA Replication - Introduction to Prokaryotic replication
- 10.1.06: DNA Supercoiling and Topoisomerases
- 10.02: Bacteria
- 10.2.01: The Bacteria - An Introduction
- 10.2.02: Bacterial Growth and Reproduction
- 10.2.03: Extrachromosomal elements plasmids selectable markers
- 10.2.04: Central Dogma and the Genetic Code
- 10.2.05: Gene and Operon
- 10.2.06: The lac Operon CAP site DNA footprinting
- 10.2.07: Transcriptional Regulation- Transcription termination the trp operon
- 10.2.08: mRNA Translation
- 10.03: 3. Biotechnology 1
- 10.3.01: Gel Electrophoresis
- 10.3.02: DNA Sequence Analysis
- 10.3.03: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Cloning of PCR Products
- 10.3.04: Prokaryotic Expression Vectors
- 10.3.05: Protein Sequencing Peptide Mapping Synthetic Genes
- 10.3.06: cDNA and Genomic Libraries
- 10.3.07: Protein Purification
- 10.04: 5. Lab Notes Part 1
- 10.4.01: Basic practices and techniques Laboratory notebooks Presentation of data Sections of a scientific report
- 10.4.02: Spectrophotometry
- 10.4.03: Quantification of Protein Concentration
- 10.4.04: Chromatography
- 10.4.05: Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins
- 10.4.06: Introduction to Protein Purification
- 10.05: 6. Lab Notes Part 2
- 10.5.01: Genetic Transformation (using bacteria and the pGLO plasmid)
- 10.5.02: Enzyme kinetics
- 10.5.03: Ligand binding
- 10.5.04: Restriction Mapping
- 10.5.05: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- 10.5.06: Use of PC and internet for biochemical research
- 10.06: 4. Biotechnology 2
- 10.6.01: M13 Phage
- 10.6.02: M13 Phage Display Libraries
- 10.6.03: SELEX (Selective Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment)
- 10.6.04: Protein-Protein Recognition Probed Using a Yeast Transcriptional Activator System
- 10.6.05: Molecular Imprinting