BIOCHEM 3G03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Amine, Methyl Group, Cell Nucleus
23 Dec 2016
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Scientific discipline that seeks to explain life at the molecular level traditionally, seen as a science of reductionism: explain the whole by breaking it into smaller parts and examining each part separately. Virtually all the molecules in a living organism contain carbon. Biological molecules are constructed from primarily c, h, o, n, s, and p the chemical reactivity of biomolecules is limited relative to the reactivity of all chemical compounds. Review: table 1. 1 common functional groups and linkages in biochemistry. Cells contain four major types of biomolecules. Although each class contains many members, they are united under a single structural or functional definition. Simplest compounds, containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group. Under physiological conditions, these groups are ionized (-nh3 i. e. alanine, of which all other amino acids can be visualized by replacing the methyl group with a side chain (that may also contain n, o, or s)
