This document summarizes the key topics covered in Chapter 1 of a biochemistry textbook. It introduces the basic components of life, including the six most common elements in organisms, functional groups in molecules, and important biomolecules like proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids. It also describes the energetic and evolutionary foundations of biochemistry, cellular structures in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and how biochemistry integrates concepts from other disciplines like chemistry, genetics and physiology.
3. Two notable breakthroughs in the history of biochemistry Prentice Hall c2002 Chapter 1 (1) Discovery of the role of enzymes as catalysts (2) Identification of nucleic acids as information molecules Flow of information: from nucleic acids to proteins DNA RNA Protein
13. Fig 1.2 (c) General Formulas Prentice Hall c2002 Chapter 1
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16. Fig 1.3 Structure of an amino acid and a dipeptide Prentice Hall c2002 Chapter 1 (a) Amino group (blue), carboxylate group (red) (b) Dipeptides are connected by peptide bonds
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19. Fig 1.5 Representations of the structure of ribose Prentice Hall c2002 Chapter 1
20. Fig 1.6 (a) Glucose, (b) Cellulose Prentice Hall c2002 Chapter 1 Glycosidic bonds connecting glucose residues are in red
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28. Fig 1.11 Structures of (a) glycerol 3-phosphate, (b) a glycerophospholipid Prentice Hall c2002 Chapter 1