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MCAT Biochemistry Review

Cover Title Page Copyright The Kaplan MCAT Review Team Getting Started Checklist Preface About Scientific American About the MCAT How This Book Was Created Using This Book Studying for the MCAT

Chapter 1: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

1.1 Amino Acids Found in Proteins 1.2 Acid–Base Chemistry of Amino Acids 1.3 Peptide Bond Formation and Hydrolysis 1.4 Primary and Secondary Protein Structure 1.5 Tertiary and Quaternary Protein Structure 1.6 Denaturation

Chapter 2: Enzymes

2.1 Enzymes as Biological Catalysts 2.2 Mechanisms of Enzyme Activity 2.3 Enzyme Kinetics 2.4 Effects of Local Conditions on Enzyme Activity 2.5 Regulation of Enzyme Activity

Chapter 3: Nonenzymatic Protein Function and Protein Analysis

3.1 Cellular Functions 3.2 Biosignaling 3.3 Protein Isolation 3.4 Protein Analysis

Chapter 4: Carbohydrate Structure and Function

4.1 Carbohydrate Classification 4.2 Cyclic Sugar Molecules 4.3 Monosaccharides 4.4 Complex Carbohydrates

Chapter 5: Lipid Structure and Function

5.1 Structural Lipids 5.2 Signaling Lipids 5.3 Energy Storage

Chapter 6: DNA and Biotechnology

6.1 DNA Structure 6.2 Eukaryotic Chromosome Organization 6.3 DNA Replication 6.4 DNA Repair 6.5 Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology

Chapter 7: RNA and the Genetic Code

7.1 The Genetic Code 7.2 Transcription 7.3 Translation 7.4 Control of Gene expression in Prokaryotes 7.5 Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes

Chapter 8: Biological Membranes

8.1 Fluid Mosaic Model 8.2 Membrane Components 8.3 Membrane Transport 8.4 Specialized Membranes

9.1 Glucose Transport 9.2 Glycolysis 9.3 Other Monosaccharides 9.4 Pyruvate Dehydrogenase 9.5 Glycogenesis and Glycogenolysis 9.6 Gluconeogenesis 9.7 The Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Chapter 10: Carbohydrate Metabolism II: Aerobic Respiration

10.1 Acetyl-CoA 10.2 Reactions of the Citric Acid Cycle 10.3 The Electron Transport Chain 10.4 Oxidative Phosphorylation

Chapter 11: Lipid and Amino Acid Metabolism

11.1 Lipid Digestion and Absorption 11.2 Lipid Mobilization 11.3 Lipid Transport 11.4 Cholesterol Metabolism 11.5 Fatty Acids and Triacylglycerols 11.6 Ketone Bodies 11.7 Protein Catabolism

Chapter 12: Bioenergetics and Regulation of Metabolism

12.1 Thermodynamics and Bioenergetics 12.2 The Role of ATP 12.3 Biological Oxidation and Reduction 12.4 Metabolic States 12.5 Hormonal Regulation of Metabolism 12.6 Tissue-Specific Metabolism 12.7 Integrative Metabolism

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