BIOCHEMISTRY

ESSENTIAL IDEAS

• Metabolic reactions involve a complex interplay between many different components in highly controlled environments.
• Proteins are the most diverse of the biopolymers responsible for metabolism and structural integrity of living organisms.
• Lipids are a broad group of biomolecules that are largely non-polar and therefore insoluble in water.
• Carbohydrates are oxygen-rich biomolecules, which play a central role in metabolic reactions of energy transfer.
• Vitamins are organic micronutrients with diverse functions that must be obtained from the diet.
• Our increasing knowledge of biochemistry has led to several environmental problems, while also helping to solve others.
• Analyses of protein activity and concentration are key areas of biochemical research.
• DNA is the genetic material that expresses itself by controlling the synthesis of proteins by the cell.
• Biological pigments include a variety of chemical structures with diverse functions which absorb specific wavelengths of light.
• Most biochemical processes are stereospecific and involve only molecules with certain configuration of chiral carbon atoms.

USEFUL STUFF

List of videos for the old option B unit though many are still relevant