Bio Chemistry 5 min read
Protein targeting
Protein targeting or protein sorting is the biological mechanism by which proteins are transported to their appropriate destinations in the cell or outside it. Proteins…
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Gluconeogenesis
Gluconeogenesis quite literally translates as ‘the production of new glucose’. It is a metabolic pathway that results in the generation…
Bio Chemistry 3 min read
The TCA Cycle
The TCA cycle is a central pathway into which many metabolites feed. It consists of a number of reactions which generate NADH…
Bio Chemistry 2 min read
Glycolysis
Glycolysis is the process in which one glucose molecule is broken down to form two molecules of pyruvic acid (also called…
Bio Chemistry 4 min read
Difference Between Primary Metabolites and Secondary Metabolites
The metabolites which are required for the growth and maintenance of cellular function are called primary metabolites, while such metabolites which…
Bio Chemistry 2 min read
What Are Metabolic Pathways?
The term ‘metabolism’ comes from the Greek word metabole, which means change. It refers to the total of an organism’s chemical…
Bio Chemistry 1 min read
Introduction to biocatalysis
Biocatalysis have many advantages over chemocatalysis in the context of green chemistry, which include mild reaction conditions (physiological pH and…
Bio Chemistry 3 min read
Enzymes
We have a whole section where we tell you about reactions and the molecules that change in those reactions. Chemical bonds are…
Bio Chemistry 1 min read
Structure of DNA
Primary structure and its double helix: Sequence in which four nitrogen bases are attached to the sugar phosphate backbone of a…
Bio Chemistry 1 min read
Biomolecules – Nucleosides & Nucleotides
Nucleosides: Nucleoside contains only two basic components of nucleic acids (a pentose sugar and a nitrogenous base). During their formation, 1-…
Bio Chemistry 3 min read
DNA Details
DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is special, because it holds the code for every cell in your body. That’s right.…
Bio Chemistry 2 min read
The Nucleic Acids
The nucleic acids are the building blocks of living organisms. You may have heard of DNA described the same way.…