CHEM237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Craig Venter, Elementary Charge, Aldehyde

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Biochemistry is the study of chemistry of life. Craig venter is the first person to have entire genome sequenced: found that humans are less alike than thought. Biochemistry looks at the smaller parts of each topics as they will lead to greater understanding of the whole units. No is a messenger and toxin for blood vessels, heart, lung, immune system and the cns. Also involved with carcinogenesis and effect on neural stem cells causing neuroregenerative process. Proteomics study genes and genomes through proteins. Some proteins lose the ability to go into their evolved states; they convert to primordial structure which causes diseases like alzheimer"s, creutzfeldt- Heterogeneous populations will be able to fend of adversity better than homogenous. All sulfide involving molecules deal with amino acids, ester ether are lipids, alcohol is found in everything but nucleic acids, aldehyde and ketone are apparently only found in carbohydrates. The more oxygens on a carbon, the more oxidized it is.