Regulation of metabolic pathways
Metabolic pathways are a balance between anabolic and catabolic processes and need to be regulated…
AAMC Outline
AAMC MCAT Science Outline
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Biological Oxidation-Reduction
Cellular respiration requires many oxidation-reduction reactions which involve half-reactions, electron carriers, and flavoproteins. Cellular respiration…
Phosphoryl Group Transfers and ATP
Adenine triphosphate (ATP) is used to power the majority of energy-requiring cellular reactions as it…
Bioenergetics/Thermodynamics
Bioenergetics refers to the concept of energy flow through living systems while thermodynamics deals with…
General Principles
The chemical structure of carboxylic acid derivatives affects the relative chemical reactivity of the common…
Important Reactions
Important reactions for carboxylic acid derivatives include nucleophilic substitution, transesterification, and hydrolysis of amides. …
Coefficient of expansion
The Coefficient of Expansion defines the amount a material expands that corresponds to the growth of the…
Phase diagram: Pressure and temperature
A phase diagram is a visual representation of phases and their most stable ranges of pressures and…
Heat of fusion, heat of vaporization
The heat of fusion (ΔHfus )is the energy required to change a substance from a…