[BIOC 2580] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 16 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Biochemistry
• Course: BIOC 2580
• Professor: Enoka Wijekoon

Document Summary

Must have lab book, lab coat and safety googles to enter lab. 3 attempts at each (highest mark counts) Tb; lehninger principles of biochemistry (6th edition) by nelson and cox available on launchpad ebook also there is a study guide (optional) Reef mobile polling (for in class questions) free. Oxygen is the most abundant in the human body by weight (65%) 99% of our bodies is made up of only 6 elements. 65-95% of our cells are water by weight. Because they are so large we use the unit kilodaltons (kda) > 1da = 1g/mol. Amino acids are linked by peptide bonds (a type of "amide" bond) Make sure the + is over the n not a h in the amino group. Similarly the is over an o of the carboxylic acid group. Condensation = removal of h20 to create chain. Hydrolysis = adds h20 to break chain the c=o group is the weak point allowing h20 to attack.