Biochemistry

This is an index of Everything2's writeups on topics in biochemistry, the chemistry of biological organisms. This includes the structure, kinetics, functions and interactions of biological molecules.

Suggested additions and corrections should be sent to Eidolos. You may also send them to Oolong if he is not available, or to E2_Science if neither are.

• Overlapping Disciplines
• Genetics
• Bioinformatics
• Biophysics
• Biotechnology
• Molecular Biology
• Organic chemistry


• Structure of Macromolecules
• Proteins
• Protein folding, chaperone, molten globule, Levinthal paradox, native conformation
• Primary structure
• amino acid, amino acids
• Secondary structure
• alpha helix
• beta sheet
• Motifs
• zinc finger
• leucine zipper
• Nucleic Acids
• DNA
• RNA, tRNA, mRNA
• ribozyme, ribozyme activity
• Sugars
• monosaccharides
• galactose
• glucose
• fructose
• ketose
• disaccharides
• lactose
• sucrose
• trehalose
• Lipids
• cholesterol


• Cell Structure
• cell membrane, fluid mosaic model
• Mitochondria
• Nucleus


• Metabolism
• Glycolysis
• Krebs cycle
• Chemiosmosis


• Genetics
• Gene, Genome, Finished genomes, Human Genome Project, How we are assembling the human genome
• Expression of genes, TATA box
• Homeobox genes, hox genes and limb evolution
• Glossary of Genetics Terms
• genetic techniques


• Bioinformatics
• Brookhaven PDB
• SWISS-PROT
• Genome, Proteome
• MolScript, RasMol


• Technique and Physical Methods
• Laboratory techniques
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• DNA sequencing
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• X-Ray crystallography
• Electrophoresis, 2D gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE electrophoresis
• Chromatography, HPLC, gel filtration chromatography, affinity chromatography
• Mass spectrometry
• Analytical Ultracentrifugation
• Pulse Oximetry


• Organisms
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Caenorhibdis elegans
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Molecular Biology of HIV
• Zebrafish


• Enzymes
• amylase
• cellulase
• hydrolase
• lactase
• lipase
• nuclease
• polymerase
• DNA polymerase
• RNA polymerase
• reverse transcriptase
• protease
• acid proteases
• pepsin
• rennin
• endopeptidase
• Serine Protease
• transferase


• Odds and Sods
• Thermodynamics
• Biology


• Biochemists
• Watson and Crick
• Rosalind Franklin
• Hans Kreb
• Kary B. Mullis
• Frederick Sanger
• Maurice Wilkins

Bi`o*chem"is*try (?), n. [Gr. life + E. chemistry.] Biol.

The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

© Webster 1913.