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Intro to Biochemistry Flashcards

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biological chemistry

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BIOCHEMISTRY

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2
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molecular basis of life

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BIOCHEMISTRY

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3
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living organisms, deals with biomolecules and biochemical reactions

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BIOCHEMISTRY

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4
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single organic compounds

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atoms > elements > monomers

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5
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primary substances

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polymers/monomers > supramolecular structure

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6
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organelles

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cells > tissues > organs > organ system > organelles

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Swedish founder, composition of matter, mid 1700

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Carl Scheele

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8
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biochemicals produced by living organisms, urea by heating ammonium cyanate, 1828

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Friedrich Wohler

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9
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cell theory, 1840

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Schleiden & Schwann

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states that “every living organism have a small factory called cells, to function.”

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Cell theory

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11
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chromosomes in 1875

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Walther Flemming

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12
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German scientist who
coined the word “biochemistry”

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Carl Newberg

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13
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fermentation of sugar, 1897

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Edward & Hans Buchner

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14
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glycolytic pathway, 1925

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Embden & Meyerhof

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15
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breakdown of carbohydrates and
sugars, specifically glucose

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Glycolytic pathway

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16
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produces energy and other substances

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Metabolism

17
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Proposed the Kreb cycle, 1937

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Hans Krebs

18
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produces a lot of energy molecules in
ATP

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tricarboxylic acid cycle

19
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DNA as information molecules, 1944

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Avery, McLeod & McCarty

20
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double helical structure of
DNA, 1953

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James Watson & Francis Crick

21
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central dogma of biology

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Francis Crick

22
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“rotary engine” that generated ATP in 1997

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Paul Boyer & J. Walker

23
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powerhouses of the cell

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Mitochondria

24
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“pump” that drives sodium and potassium
across membranes

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Jens Christian Skou

25
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osmotic balance

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“proton pump” or the “sodium-potassium”

26
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“mad cow disease”; prions

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Stanley Prusiner

27
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abnormal proteins that exist in the CNS of
the cow

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prions

28
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electron microscope; he wanted to know the structure of prion molecules

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Ruska, et.al.

29
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3 principles areas of chem

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structural chemistry
metabolism
chemistry of molecular genetics

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