Introduction to Biochemistry

Biochemistry

A branch of chemistry that talks about biomolecules, their processes, structures, and reactions.

It is the chemistry of life

Biochemistry

The aim of Biochemistry

To describe and explain in molecular terms all chemical processes of living cells.

Ana

Building up

Catabolism

Breakdown

Catabolism

Divergent

Glucolysis has how many reactions?

10

The father of Biochemistry

Carl Neuberg

Carl Neuberg

Role of enzymes as Catalysts

Carl Neuberg

Identification of Nucleic Acids as Information Molecules

DNA to DNA

Replication

DNA to RNA

Transcription

RNA to Protein

Translation

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs

Citric Acid Cycle

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs

Adenosine triphosphate Cycle

James Watson and Francis Crick

DNA as Double Helix

Frederick Sanger

Determined the sequence and structure of Proteins

Frederick Sanger and Walter Gilbert

Determined the sequence of DNA

Daryl Mullis

Invention of PCR method (Polymerase Chain Reaction)

Carbohydrates

Monosaccharides

Lipid

Carbon Chains

Protein

Amino Acids

Nucleic Acids

Nucleotides

Formation of monomer to polymer

Condensation

Condensation

Dehydration Synthesis

Monomer to Macromolecule

Anabolic

Macromolecule to Monomer

Catabolic

Simple Sugar

Polysaccharides

Amino Acids

Protein

Nucleotide

DNA and RNA

Fatty Acids

Lipid

Prokaryotic

No nucleus and organelles

Eukaryotic

Has nucleus and organelles

Building blocks of Cells

Biomolecules

Organic Compounds

Made of Carbon Skeletons

Most abundant mineral

Carbon

Types of Biomolecules

Small Molecules, Monomers, and Polymers

Small Molecules

Lipid, Phospolipid, Glucolipia, Sterol, Vitamin, Hormones, Neurotransmitter, Sugar

Monomers

Amino Acids, Nucleotides, Monosaccharides

Polymers

Carbohydrates, Peptides, Oligopeptides, Proteins, Nucleic Acids, DNA, RNA