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Rapid Review Biochemistry

Buy this BookCarbohydrates, Lipids, and Amino Acids: Metabolic Fuels and Biosynthetic Precursors
1. Carbohydrates
2. Lipids
3. Amino acids
Proteins
1. Major functions of proteins
2. Hierarchical structure of proteins
3. Enzymes: protein catalysts
4. Hemoglobin and myoglobin: O2-binding proteins
5. Collagen: prototypical fibrous protein
Membrane Biochemistry and Signal Transduction
1. Membrane function
2. Basic properties of membranes
3. Movement of molecules and ions across membranes
4. Receptors and signal-transduction cascades
Nutrition
1. Nutrient and energy requirements in humans
2. Dietary fuels
3. Dietary recommendations
4. Water-soluble vitamins
5. Fat-soluble vitamins
6. Minerals and electrolytes
7. Trace elements
Generation of Energy from Dietary Fuels
1. Energetics of metabolic pathways
2. Introduction to intermediary metabolism
3. Citric acid cycle
4. Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation
5. Mitochondrial transport systems
6. Inhibitors of mitochondrial ATP synthesis
Carbohydrate Metabolism
1. Glycolysis and the fate of pyruvate
2. Gluconeogenesis
3. Glycogen metabolism
4. Metabolism of galactose and fructose
5. Pentose phosphate pathway
6. Glycosaminoglycans, glycoproteins, and proteoglycans
Lipid Metabolism
1. Fatty acid and triacylglycerol synthesis
2. Lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation
3. Ketone body synthesis and degradation for fuel
4. Cholesterol and steroid metabolism
5. Plasma lipoproteins
6. Sphingolipid degradation
Nitrogen Metabolism and Nucleotide Synthesis and Metabolism
1. Biosynthesis of nonessential amino acids
2. Removal and disposal of amino acid nitrogen
3. Catabolic pathways of amino acid nitrogen
4. Amino acid derivatives
5. Nucleotide synthesis and metabolism
Integration of Metabolism
1. Hormonal regulation of metabolism
2. The well-fed state
3. The fasting state
4. The starvation state
5. Diabetes mellitus
6. Alcohol metabolism
Gene Expression
1. Nucleic acids: structure and functions
2. DNA replication and repair
3. RNA synthesis and processing
4. Protein synthesis
5. Mutations and inherited diseases
6. Mutations and cancer
Biotechnology
1. Recombinant DNA and DNA cloning
2. Detection of specific nucleic acid sequences with probes
3. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
4. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs)

Table of Common Laboratory Values

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