CHAPTERS 7–9: BIOMOLECULE PRESENTATIONS
Earning a degree in biochemistry is a rather broad accomplishment. The sub-disciplines
within biochemistry are incredibly numerous, and an interest in one or two subcategories will
develop. Soon, biochemists become experts on specific classes of biochemical molecules, or
experts on specific biochemical processes. Chapters 7–9 provide a tremendous amount of detail
on individual classes of biomolecules, and a few biochemical processes. We will cover this
information using a less formal approach, with pairs of students giving short (5 min or less)
informative presentations on the sections of the text. The presentations can be strictly
informative, or can be interactive with fill-in-the blank spaces like Mr. Keith’s notes. You may
also incorporate the use of ChemSketch, model kits or other reasonable resources to assist in
describing your sections of the text.
Chapter 7: Coenzymes and Vitamins
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Intro (instructor)
o Types of cofactors (Figure 7.1)
 Essential ions
 Coenzymes
o Reactive centers
7.1 (instructor)
o Metal-activated enzymes
o Metalloenzymes
7.2
o Cosubstrates
o Prosthetic groups
o Difference between vitamins and
coenzymes
7.3
o ATP
o S-Adenosylmethionine
o Nucleotide-sugar coenzymes
7.4
o NAD+
o NADP+
7.5
o FAD
o FMN
7.6
o Coenzyme A
7.7
o Thiamine pyrophosphate
7.8
o Pyridoxal phosphate
7.9
o Biotin
7.10
o Tetrahydrofolate
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7.11
o Cobalamin
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7.12
o Lipoamide
7.13
o Lipid vitamins
 Vitamin A
 Vitamin B
 Vitamin D
 Vitamin E
 Vitamin K
7.14
o Ubiquinone
7.15
o Protein coenzymes
7.16
o Cytochromes
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Chapter 8: Carbohydrates
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Intro (instructor)
o Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides,
polysaccharides
8.1 (instructor)
o Aldoses
o Ketoses
o Trioses
8.2
o Pyranoses
o Furanoses
o Cyclization mechanism
8.3
o Conformations of furanose rings (model
kits?)
o Conformations of pyranose rings (model
kits?)
8.4
o Sugar phosphates
o Deoxy sugars
o Amino sugars
o Sugar alcohols
o Sugar acids
o Ascorbic acid
8.5
o Disaccharides
o Reducing and nonreducing sugars
o Nucleosides and other glycosides
8.6
o Homoglycans and heteroglycans
o Starch and glycogen
o Celluose and chitin
8.7
o Glycoconjugates
 Proteoglycans
 Peptidoglycans
 Glycoproteins
Chapter 9: Lipids and Membranes
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Intro (instructor)
o Lipids
9.1 (instructor)
o Structural diversity of lipids
o Functional diversity of lipids
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9.2
o Fatty acids
 Saturated, unsaturated,
monounsaturated, polyunsaturated
 Common names
 Trans Fatty Acids and Margarine
9.3
o Triacylclycerols
9.4
o Glycerophospholipids
9.5
o Sphingolipids
9.6
o Steroids
9.7
o Other Lipids
 Waxes
 Eicosanoids
 Isoprenoids
9.8
o Membrane Overview
 Lipid Bilayers
 Fluid Mosaic Model
 Laboratory study of lipids (p 268269)
9.9
o Lipid Bilayers and Membranes Are
Dynamic Structures
9.10
o Three Classes of Membrane Proteins
9.11
o Membrane Transport
 Thermodymamics of Membrane
Transport
 Pores and Channels
 Passive Transport
 Active Transport
 Endocytosis and Exocytosis
9.12
o Transduction of Extracellular Signals
 G Proteins are Signal Transducers
 The Adenylyl Cyclase Signaling
Pathway
 The Inositol-Phospholipid Signaling
Pathway
 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases