[BCH2333] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (90 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biochemistry
• Course: BCH 2333
• Professor: Matthew Lafreniere

Document Summary

When emailing, put course code in subject line. Lots of gases like methane, cyanic acid, carbon dioxide (reducing gases) Lightning and uv energy combine with the primitive atmosphere. Glass thing of gas shot with lightning (primitive atmosphere) Goes through a condenser then a sampling probe would test the cooled water. Organic compounds were present in the cooled water. Ch2o treated with ca(oh)2 turns into sugars and maybe ribose. Ch4 + nh3 + h2o with electric discharge turns into amino acids like glycine. Biochemically speaking are not alive because they cannot do many things independently. Alive, can move parts of their body --> alive. The study of the chemistry of life and using it to explain how and why life works. Fundamental understanding of life at the molecular level. Biochem is driven by chemistry, under the control of chemical evolution. How do biomolecules interact with each other? a. No gaseous o2 because it was too reactive.