Boost your grades with Biochemistry quick-study guide, also known as "cheat sheet". FREE Biomolecules chapter and Periodic Table in the trial version.

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Intended for everyone interested in Biochemistry, particularly undergraduate and graduate life science students.

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• IUPAC nomenclature
• Periodic Table
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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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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 | Glycocalix | Cholesterol | Antigen

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) | NADH | Flavin (FAD) | Pyruvate | Oxalate | Citrate

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

Mitochondrion: Functions | Reproduction and gene inheritance | Use in population genetic studies | Origin | Electron transport

Anaerobic respiration: Fermentation | Acetyl-CoA | Lactic acid | Ethanol fermentation

Photosynthesis: Plant photosynthesis | Photosynthesis in algae and bacteria | Discovery | Molecular production | Bioenergetics | Factors affecting photosynthesis | Light reaction | Dark reaction | Carbon Fixation | Calvin cycle

Pigments:  Chlorophyll | Carotenoids | Xanthophyll | Cytochrome | Phycobilin | Bacteriorhodopsin

Oxygen carriers: Hemoglobin | Myoglobin

VII. Signal Transduction

Signals: Types of signals | Transmembrane receptors | Ion channel | Structure of transmembrane receptors | Integrin

Intracellular signalling: Signal Amplification | Second messenger | Nuclear receptors | Calcium

Protein phosphorylation: Kinases | Serine/threonine-specific protein kinases | Protein kinase A | Protein kinase C | Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases | MAP kinases | Mos/Raf kinases | Tyrosine-specific protein kinases | Histidine-specific protein kinases | Phosphatase | Calmodulin

G-Protein: G-protein-coupled receptors | GTPase

Hormons: Epinephrine | Norepinephrine | Peptide hormones | Insulin | Glucagon | Steroid Hormones | Cortisol | Testosterone | Eicosanoids | Growth factor | Auxin | Endocrine system

Molecular Biology: Gene | Genetic code | Gene expression | Protein biosynthesis | Transcription factor | Activator | Coactivator | Enhancer | Promoter | Splicing | Intron | Exon | Alternative splicing

VIII. Techniques

Electrophoresis | Chromatography | Mass spectrometry | X-ray crystallography | Southern blot | Fractionation | Gram stain | Absorption spectrum | Action spectrum | Fluorescence

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