John T. Moore - Biochemistry For Dummies

10 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: Structures of vitamin B 1(thiamine) and thiamine pyrophosphate (TP...FIGURE 10-2: Structure of flavin adenine dinucleotide (the entire structure) an...FIGURE 10-3: Structures of nicotinic acid, nicotinamide, and nicotinamide adeni...FIGURE 10-4: Structures of pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, and pyridoxal p...FIGURE 10-5: Structure of biotin.FIGURE 10-6: Structures of folic acid and tetrahydrofolic acid.FIGURE 10-7: Structure of pantothenic acid.FIGURE 10-8: Structure of methylcobalamin.FIGURE 10-9: Structures of 11-trans-retinol and -carotene. Carbon 11 is the fif...FIGURE 10-10: Structure of vitamin C.FIGURE 10-11: Structures of ergosterol and vitamin D 2.FIGURE 10-12: Structures of 7-dehydrocholesterol and vitamin D 3.FIGURE 10-13: Structure of -tocopherol (vitamin E).FIGURE 10-14: Structure of vitamin K 1.

11 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: Structures of the growth-hormone-release-inhibitory factor and the...FIGURE 11-2: Structures of progesterone (an estrogen), testosterone (an androge...FIGURE 11-3: Structures of thyroxine, triiodothyronine, epinephrine, and norepi...FIGURE 11-4: Schematic of hormone control in the body.FIGURE 11-5: Structure of cyclic AMP.

12 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: Structure of ATP.FIGURE 12-2: Structure of ADP.FIGURE 12-3: Structure of AMP.FIGURE 12-4: Magnesium complexes with ATP and ADP.FIGURE 12-5: Structures of some high-energy molecules.FIGURE 12-6: Two of the reactions catalyzed by the kinase enzymes.

13 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: Steps in glycolysis.FIGURE 13-2: Molecules involved in glycolysis.FIGURE 13-3: Steps in gluconeogenesis.FIGURE 13-4: Steps in alcoholic fermentation.FIGURE 13-5: Structure of acetyl-CoA.FIGURE 13-6: Citric acid (Krebs) cycle.FIGURE 13-7: Structures of molecules involved in the citric acid (Krebs) cycle.FIGURE 13-8: Simplified scheme for the formation of acetyl-CoA.FIGURE 13-9: Structures of TPP, lipoamide, and acetyllipoamide.FIGURE 13-10: Structure of cis-aconitate.FIGURE 13-11: Fate of the amino acids.FIGURE 13-12: General structures of the oxidized and reduced forms of a ubiquin...FIGURE 13-13: The heme core and attachment sites (R).FIGURE 13-14: Steps in the electron transport chain.FIGURE 13-15: Electron transport chain, emphasizing the cyclic nature of each o...FIGURE 13-16: General steps in the -oxidation cycle.FIGURE 13-17: Formation of the ketone bodies.FIGURE 13-18: Synthesis of malonyl-CoA.FIGURE 13-19: Fatty acid synthesis.FIGURE 13-20: Formation of a phosphatidate.FIGURE 13-21: Formation of sphingosine.FIGURE 13-22: Equilibrium between glutamate and -ketoglutaric acid.FIGURE 13-23: Formation of alanine.FIGURE 13-24: Synthesis of tyrosine.FIGURE 13-25: Synthesis of serine.FIGURE 13-26: Synthesis of proline.

14 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: Purine nitrogen bases.FIGURE 14-2: Activation of D-ribose-5’-phosphate.FIGURE 14-3: The ten steps necessary to convert PRPP (5-phospho- -D-ribose 1-py...FIGURE 14-4: Conversion of IMP to AMP.FIGURE 14-5: Conversion of IMP to GMP.FIGURE 14-6: Synthesis of carbamoyl phosphate.FIGURE 14-7: Formation of orotate from carbamoyl phosphate.FIGURE 14-8: Conversion of orotate to uridylate (UMP).FIGURE 14-9: Conversion of UTP to CTP.FIGURE 14-10: Structure of uric acid.FIGURE 14-11: General transamination reaction.FIGURE 14-12: Fates of the amino acids.FIGURE 14-13: Formation of carbamoyl phosphate.FIGURE 14-14: Overview of the urea cycle.FIGURE 14-15: Compounds from the urea cycle.

15 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: A schematic illustration of the base pairs present in a segment of...FIGURE 15-2: A simplified representation of replication.FIGURE 15-3: A simplified scheme of the replication of DNA.FIGURE 15-4: Detailed scheme of the replication of DNA.FIGURE 15-5: A simplified view of the prepriming complex.FIGURE 15-6: Formation of the RNA primer.FIGURE 15-7: An expanded representation of the replication fork.FIGURE 15-8: Structure of a thymine dimer.FIGURE 15-9: The purines.FIGURE 15-10: The pyrimidines.FIGURE 15-11: Opening of a plasmid by a restriction enzyme such as EcoRI.FIGURE 15-12: Gel electrophoresis.FIGURE 15-13: Structures of ribose, deoxyribose, and dideoxyribose.FIGURE 15-14: Comparison of results for paternity testing.

16 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: Structure of ATP.FIGURE 16-2: Prokaryotic and eukaryotic promoter sites.FIGURE 16-3: Linking of the second nucleotide to the tag, using pppG as an exam...FIGURE 16-4: The hairpin and subsequent portion of the RNA.FIGURE 16-5: The general structure of an mRNA cap.FIGURE 16-6: The attachment of an amino acid to the terminal adenosine.FIGURE 16-7: Structures of methionine and formylmethionine.FIGURE 16-8: The start signals.FIGURE 16-9: Diagram of a generic operon.FIGURE 16-10: Diagram of the lac operon.FIGURE 16-11: Lactose and allolactose are disaccharides.FIGURE 16-12: Structure of methylated cytosine.FIGURE 16-13: Structure of estrogen.FIGURE 16-14: Reaction catalyzed by histone acetyltransferases (HATs).

17 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: Simplified schematic of the structure of the 16S form of ribosomal...FIGURE 17-2: The structures of methionine and formylmethionine attached to tRNA...FIGURE 17-3: The structure of inosine.FIGURE 17-4: Some aspects of the structure of tRNA.FIGURE 17-5: An example of an aminoacyl-tRNA.FIGURE 17-6: Structure of an aminoacyl adenylate.FIGURE 17-7: Structures of serine, valine, and threonine.

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