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GRE (Type) Examination in Molecular Medcine - Biochemistry
 
Biochemistry
1. The Foundations of Biochemistry, 1
1.2. Chemical Foundations, 11
1.3. Physical Foundations, 19
 
2. Water, 43
2.1. Weak Interactions in Aqueous Systems, 43
2.2. Ionization of Water, Weak Acids, and Weak Bases, 54
2.3. Buffering against pH Changes in Biological Systems, 59
2.4. Water as a Reactant, 65
 
3. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins, 71
3.1. Amino Acids, 72
3.2. Peptides and Proteins, 82
3.4. The Structure of Proteins: Primary Structure, 92
 
4. The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins, 113
4.1. Overview of Protein Structure, 113
4.2. Protein Secondary Structure, 117
4.3. Protein Tertiary and Quaternary Structures, 123
4.4. Protein Denaturation and Folding, 140
  5. Enzymes, 183
6.1. An Introduction to Enzymes, 183
6.2. How Enzymes Work, 186
6.3. Enzyme Kinetics as an Approach to Understanding Mechanism, 194
6.4. Examples of Enzymatic Reactions, 205
6.5. Regulatory Enzymes, 220
  6. Carbohydrates and Glycobiology, 235
7.1. Monosaccharides and Disaccharides, 235
7.2. Polysaccharides, 244
7.3. Glycoconjugates: Proteoglycans, Glycoproteins, and Glycolipids, 252
7.4. Carbohydrates as Informational Molecules: The Sugar Code, 257
 
7. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 271
8.1. Some Basics, 271
8.2. Nucleic Acid Structure, 277
 
8.3. Nucleic Acid Chemistry, 287
8.4. Other Functions of Nucleotides, 296
  8. Lipids, 343
10.1. Storage Lipids, 343
10.2. Structural Lipids in Membranes, 349
10.3. Lipids as Signals, Cofactors, and Pigments, 357
9. Bioenergetics and Biochemical Reaction Types, 489
13.1. Bioenergetics and Thermodynamics, 490
13.2. Chemical Logic and Common Biochemical Reactions, 495
13.3. Phosphoryl Group Transfers and ATP, 501
13.4. Biological Oxidation-Reduction Reactions, 512
 
10. Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway, 527
14.1. Glycolysis, 528
14.2. Feeder Pathways for Glycolysis, 543
14.3. Fates of Pyruvate under Anaerobic Conditions: Fermentation, 546
14.4. Gluconeogenesis, 551
14.5. Pentose Phosphate Pathway of Glucose Oxidation, 558
  11. Principles of Metabolic Regulation, 569
 
15.3. Coordinated Regulation of Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis, 582
15.4. The Metabolism of Glycogen in Animals, 594
15.5. Coordinated Regulation of Glycogen Synthesis and Breakdown, 602
  12. The Citric Acid Cycle, 615
16.1. Production of Acetyl-CoA (Activated Acetate), 616
16.2. Reactions of the Citric Acid Cycle, 620
16.3. Regulation of the Citric Acid Cycle, 635
  13. Fatty Acid Catabolism, 647
17.1. Digestion, Mobilization, and Transport of Fats, 648
17.2. Oxidation of Fatty Acids, 652
17.3. Ketone Bodies, 666
  14. Amino Acid Oxidation and the Production of Urea, 673
18.1. Metabolic Fates of Amino Groups, 674
18.2. Nitrogen Excretion and the Urea Cycle, 682
18.3. Pathways of Amino Acid Degradation, 687
  15. Oxidative Phosphorylation and Photophosphorylation, 707
19.1. Electron-Transfer Reactions in Mitochondria, 708
19.2. ATP Synthesis, 723
19.3. Regulation of Oxidative Phosphorylation, 732

Techniques in Biochemistry:
Chromatography
Electrophoresis
Spectroscopy
Centrifugation

Reference:
Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 5th Edition
by Nelson, David L.; Cox, Michael M.
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Copyright Year: 2009

Physical Biochemistry : Applications to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
by David Friefielder
2nd Edition
Publisher: New York : W.H. Freeman, ©1982