Final Examination: Things to Memorize
Chem 481, Spring
2004, Dr. Zimmerman
Note: Slide
numbers (e.g., slide 1-4) refer to slides in course packet, with chapter and
slide number (e.g., slide 1-4 means slide 4 of chapter 1).
Metabolic Pathways and Reactions:
- glycolysis
- pyruvate
dehydrogenase
- lactate
dehydrogenase
- citric
acid cycle
- β-oxidation
of fatty acids
- transamination
- glutamate
dehydrogenase
- biosynthesis
of Glu, Ala,
Asp
Structures and Names
- 20
amino acids, 3-letter codes, and approximate pK
values
- 5
nucleotides
- fatty
acids: none
- glucose,
fructose, maltose, sucrose, lactose, amylase, amylopectin,
glycogen
Diagrams
- free
energy vs. reaction coordinate for general enzymatic reaction (slide 1-4)
- Ramachandran plot with common structures (slide 6-15)
- fraction
saturation vs. pO2 for hemoglobin and myoglobin
(slides 7-9, 12, 13)
- Lineweaver-Burk plot (slides 8-23, 28-30)
- base
pairing (slide 10-16)
- stages
of metabolism (slide 14-5)
- mitochondria
(19-3)
- ATP
synthesis and chemiosmotic model (slide 19-21)
- mechanism
of ATP synthesis (slide 19-26)
- origin
of ring atoms in purines (slide 22-44)
Problem Solving, Equaations, and Calculations
- Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
- Standard
ΔG, equilibrium, and ΔG equations
- Standard
ΔE, standard ΔG equations
- Titration
curves
- pH, isoelectric point
- Michaelis-Menton Kinetics
- Lineweaver-Burke plot
- Determination
of DNA sequence
- Determination
of amino acid sequence