BIOC 3110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Suicide Inhibition, Oxyanion, Tetrahedral Carbonyl Addition Compound
12 Sep 2016
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How do we define biochemistry and what is its scope: defining in molecular terms all of the vital phenomena, 2 rules exist for all biomolecule organisms- No violating physics/chemistry: amphipathic membrane lipid bilayer. Mutation and selection drive it- lipid bilayer has specific structures made by protein-encoded enzymes in cell, which are encoded in the dna. What is the chemical language of biochemistry? ( 4 classes of biomolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins-made of individual amino acids, which consist of an r group, carboxylic acid, amino group, and a hydrogen. What is the central dogma of molecular biology: dna rna (via transcription), rna protein vis translation. How does water influence biochemistry and biochemical reactions: water is a hydrogen bond acceptor and donor, so it can participate in many interactions. What weak interactions are important in biochemistry: hydrogen bonding, but collectively they can be strong, ionic bonds/salt bridges in polar molecules, van der waals interactions are electrostatic interactions of atoms in.
