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Survey of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

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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
  1. 01: Chemical and Biological Foundations
  2. 1.01: Biological Foundations
  3. 1.1.01: Properties of life
  4. 1.1.02: Prokaryotic Cells and Scale
  5. 1.1.03: Eukaryotic Cells
  6. 1.02: Atoms Ions Molecules
  7. 1.03: Intermolecular Forces
  8. 1.04: Carbon and Functional Groups
  9. 1.05: Water Equilibrium and Buffers
  10. 02: Structure and Function- Proteins
  11. 2.01: Structure and Function - Amino Acids
  12. 2.02: Structure and Function- Proteins I
  13. 2.03: Structure and Function- Proteins II
  14. 03: Catalysis
  15. 3.01: Basic Principles of Catalysis
  16. 3.02: Control of Enzymatic Activity
  17. 3.03: Mechanisms of Catalysis
  18. 04: Structure and Function- Nucleic Acids
  19. 4.01: Prelude to Information Processing
  20. 4.02: Structure and Function - Nucleic Acids
  21. 4.03: DNA Replication
  22. 4.04: DNA Repair
  23. 4.05: Genes and Genomes
  24. 4.06: Transcription
  25. 4.6.01: RNA Processing
  26. 4.07: RNA Processing
  27. 4.08: Translation
  28. 4.09: Gene Expression
  29. 05: Structure and Function- Carbohydrates and Lipids
  30. 5.01: Structure and Function- Carbohydrates
  31. 5.02: Structure and Function - Lipids and Their Transport
  32. 5.2.01: 5.2.1 Optional- other interesting lipids
  33. 5.2.1.01: Bonus- other interesting lipids
  34. 5.03: Basic Concepts in Membranes
  35. 5.04: Transport Across Membranes
  36. 5.4.01: Optional deep dive in to membrane transport
  37. 5.05: Other Considerations in Membranes
  38. 06: Energy and Metabolism
  39. 6.01: Basics of Energy
  40. 6.02: Metabolism - Sugars
  41. 6.03: Citric Acid Cycle and Related Pathways
  42. 6.04: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
  43. 6.05: Fats and Fatty Acids
  44. 6.06: Amino Acids and the Urea Cycle
  45. 6.07: Other Lipids
  46. 6.08: Energy - Photophosphorylation
  47. 07: Regulation of Metabolism and Homeostasis
  48. 7.01: Signaling
  49. 7.02: How Cells Obtain Energy
  50. 7.2.01: Energy and Metabolism
  51. 7.2.02: Glycolysis
  52. 7.2.03: Citric Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation
  53. 7.2.04: Fermentation
  54. 7.2.05: Connections to Other Metabolic Pathways
  55. 7.2.E: How Cells Obtain Energy (Exercises)
  56. 7.03: Section - place holder
  57. 08: Biotechnology and Other Applications of Biochemistry
  58. 8.01: Section 1-
  59. 8.02: Section 2-
  60. 8.03: Section 3-
  61. 8.04: Section 4-
  62. 8.05: Section 5-
  63. 8.06: Section 6-
  64. 8.07: The Immune System and Disease
  65. 8.7.01: Viruses
  66. 8.7.02: Innate Immunity
  67. 8.7.03: Adaptive Immunity
  68. 8.7.04: Disruptions in the Immune System
  69. 8.7.E: The Immune System and Desease (Exercises)
  70. 8.08: Biotechnology
  71. 09: Basic Techniques
  72. 9.01: Cell Lysis
  73. 9.02: Fractionation and Chromatography Techniques
  74. 9.03: Electrophoresis
  75. 9.04: Detection identification and quantitation of specific nucleic acids and proteins
  76. 9.05: Transcriptomics
  77. 9.06: Isolating Genes
  78. 9.07: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  79. 9.08: Reverse Transcription
  80. 9.09: Genome Editing (CRISPR)
  81. 9.10: Membrane Dynamics (FRAP)
  82. 10: Supplemental Modules (Biochemistry)
  83. 10.01: DNA
  84. 10.1.01: DNA as Genetic Material
  85. 10.1.02: Structure of DNA and RNA
  86. 10.1.03: Bacterial Restriction Modification system
  87. 10.1.04: DNA Modifying Enzymes
  88. 10.1.05: DNA Replication - Introduction to Prokaryotic replication
  89. 10.1.06: DNA Supercoiling and Topoisomerases
  90. 10.02: Bacteria
  91. 10.2.01: The Bacteria - An Introduction
  92. 10.2.02: Bacterial Growth and Reproduction
  93. 10.2.03: Extrachromosomal elements plasmids selectable markers
  94. 10.2.04: Central Dogma and the Genetic Code
  95. 10.2.05: Gene and Operon
  96. 10.2.06: The lac Operon CAP site DNA footprinting
  97. 10.2.07: Transcriptional Regulation- Transcription termination the trp operon
  98. 10.2.08: mRNA Translation
  99. 10.03: 3. Biotechnology 1
  100. 10.3.01: Gel Electrophoresis
  101. 10.3.02: DNA Sequence Analysis
  102. 10.3.03: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Cloning of PCR Products
  103. 10.3.04: Prokaryotic Expression Vectors
  104. 10.3.05: Protein Sequencing Peptide Mapping Synthetic Genes
  105. 10.3.06: cDNA and Genomic Libraries
  106. 10.3.07: Protein Purification
  107. 10.04: 5. Lab Notes Part 1
  108. 10.4.01: Basic practices and techniques Laboratory notebooks Presentation of data Sections of a scientific report
  109. 10.4.02: Spectrophotometry
  110. 10.4.03: Quantification of Protein Concentration
  111. 10.4.04: Chromatography
  112. 10.4.05: Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins
  113. 10.4.06: Introduction to Protein Purification
  114. 10.05: 6. Lab Notes Part 2
  115. 10.5.01: Genetic Transformation (using bacteria and the pGLO plasmid)
  116. 10.5.02: Enzyme kinetics
  117. 10.5.03: Ligand binding
  118. 10.5.04: Restriction Mapping
  119. 10.5.05: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  120. 10.5.06: Use of PC and internet for biochemical research
  121. 10.06: 4. Biotechnology 2
  122. 10.6.01: M13 Phage
  123. 10.6.02: M13 Phage Display Libraries
  124. 10.6.03: SELEX (Selective Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment)
  125. 10.6.04: Protein-Protein Recognition Probed Using a Yeast Transcriptional Activator System
  126. 10.6.05: Molecular Imprinting