Biochemistry Notes 1

Carbohydrates

• Chemistry of Carbohydrates
• Glycolysis
• Gluconeogenesis
• Glycogenolysis - Glycogen Breakdown
• Glycogenesis - Glycogen Synthesis
• Glycogen Storage Disorders
• Cori & Cahill Cycle
• Fate of Pyruvate
• TCA - Citric Acid Cycle
• Anaplerotic Reactions
• Uronic Acid Pathway + Pentosuria
• HMP Shunt
• Galactosaemia
• Rapaport-Leubering Cycle
• Diabetes Mellitus 
• Regulation of Blood Glucose + OGTT
  

Lipids

• Chemistry of Lipids
• Lipogenesis - Lipid Synthesis
• β-Oxidation
• Fat Mobilisation
• Ketone Metabolism
• Lipoprotein + ApoLipoprotein 
• Chylomicron Metabolism
• High Density Lipoprotein Metabolism + Reverse Cholesterol Transport
• Very Low Density Metabolism
• Low Density Metabolism
• Cholesterol Metabolism
• Atherosclerosis

Amino Acids

• Ammonia : Sources + Metabolism
• Ammonia Toxicity
• Urea Cycle
• Protein Degradation
• 1 Carbon Metabolism + SAM Cycle
• Glycine + Serine Metabolism
• Branched Chain AA Metabolism
• Aromatic AminoAcids
• Phenylalanine + Tyrosine
• Tryptophan
• S Containing AA
• Methionine
• Cysteine
• Clinical

Heme + Hb Metabolism

• Haemoglobin
• Heme Synthesis + Porphyria
• Heme Degradation
• Jaundice

Enzymes + Proteins

• Enzyme - Activity Regulation
• Enzyme - Types
• Enzyme Inhibition - Types
• Modes-Mechanism of Enzyme Catalysis
• Active Site - Models of Enzyme Binding
• Michaelis-Menton Enzyme Kinetics Model

ETC + OP

• Mitochondria + Shuttle Systems 
• Chemiosmotic Theory
• Electron Transferring Proteins - I
• Electron Transferring Proteins - II (Adv)
• ATP Synthesis + Binding Change Mechanism
• Uncoupling of OP

Vitamins + Minerals

• Minerals
• Copper Metabolism 
• Iron Metabolism 
• Vitamins

Nucleotide Metabolism

• Purine Metabolism
• Denovo Synthesis
• Salvage Pathway + Disorders
• Catabolism + Disorders
• Hyperuricemia + Gout

Molecular Biology 

• DNA Replication 
• Transcription 
• Post Transcriptional Modification 
• Translation 
• Operon
• Mutations 
• DNA Repair Mechanism 
• PCR

Normal Values - Analytes