Outline of Biochemistry - General Biochemistry Concepts

General Biochemistry Concepts

• Major categories of bio-compounds:
  • Carbohydrates : sugar -- disaccharide -- polysaccharide -- starch -- glycogen
  • Lipids : fatty acid -- fats -- essential oils -- oils -- waxes -- cholesterol
  • Nucleic acids : DNA -- RNA -- mRNA -- tRNA -- rRNA -- codon -- adenosine -- cytosine -- guanine -- thymine -- uracil
  • Proteins :
    • amino acid -- glycine -- arginine -- lysine
    • peptide -- primary structure -- secondary structure -- tertiary structure -- conformation -- protein folding
• Chemical properties:
  • molecular bond -- covalent bond -- ionic bond -- hydrogen bond -- ester -- ethyl
  • molecular charge -- hydrophilic -- hydrophobic -- polar
  • pH -- acid -- alkaline -- base
  • oxidation -- reduction -- hydrolysis
• Structural compounds:
  • In cells: flagellin -- peptidoglycan -- myelin -- actin -- myosin
  • In animals: chitin -- keratin -- collagen -- silk
  • In plants: cellulose -- lignin -- cell wall
• Enzymes and enzyme activity:
  • enzyme kinetics -- enzyme inhibition
  • proteolysis -- ubiquitin -- proteasome
  • kinase -- dehydrogenase
• Membranes : fluid mosaic model -- diffusion -- osmosis
  • phospholipids -- glycolipid -- glycocalyx -- antigen -- isoprene
  • ion channel -- proton pump -- electron transport -- ion gradient -- antiporter -- symporter -- quinone -- riboflavin
• Energy pathways :
  • pigments : chlorophyll -- carotenoids -- xanthophyll -- cytochrome -- phycobilin -- bacteriorhodopsin -- hemoglobin -- myoglobin -- absorption spectrum -- action spectrum -- fluorescence
  • Photosynthesis : light reaction -- dark reaction
  • Fermentation : Acetyl-CoA -- lactic acid
  • Cellular respiration : Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) -- NADH -- pyruvate -- oxalate -- citrate
  • Chemosynthesis
• Regulation
  • hormones : auxin
  • signal transduction -- growth factor -- transcription factor -- protein kinase -- SH3 domain
  • Malfunctions : tumor -- oncogene -- tumor suppressor gene
  • Receptors : Integrin -- transmembrane receptor -- ion channel
• Techniques : electrophoresis -- chromatography -- mass spectrometry -- x-ray diffraction -- Southern blot -- fractionation -- Gram stain -- Surface Plasmon Resonance -- Microscale Thermophoresis