Glycolysis Glycolysis: (anaerobic, occurs in the cytoplasm) Can be performed in all cells. Phosphorylated molecules cannot diffuse through the membrane. The process of ATP production in glycolysis is called Substrate-level…
What is Metabolism? Metabolism is the sum of all metabolic pathways within a cell, tissue, or organism.The sum of all metabolic pathways within a cell, tissue, or organism. Type of…
What is Enzyme Regulation? Enzyme regulation is very important. You want to control how fast an enzyme is working based on the ability of substrate so not to be wasteful.…
What are Enzymes? Proteins that facilitate chemical reactions are called enzymes. Enzymes are biological catalysts that convert a substrate to a product. They are typically globular proteins. Isozymes catalyze the…
What are Nucleotides? Nucleotides are composed of 3 units; 1) a Five Carbon Sugar (Pentose) Deoxyribose in DNA - In DNA the 2' OH of ribose is replaced by a…
What are Carbohydrates? Carbohydrates (also called sugars or saccharides) are made from carbon and water. They have the formula CnH2nOn. "Most saccharides (Carbohydrates) are almost always more abundant in nature…
What are Lipids? Lipids are any biological molecule that has low solubility in water and high solubility in nonpolar organic solvents. Type of Lipids There are six major groups of…
Structure of Plant Cells Cell Wall Plant cells are eukaryotic cells, but unlike animal cells which have a cell membrane, plant cells have cell walls. Plants have a rigid cell…
Objective of Western Blot Transfer of proteins from SDS-PAGE to solid supports and detection of immobilized proteins by antigen-antibody reaction by Western blotting. Principle of Western Blot Western blot process…
What is Cytoplasm? The cytoplasm is the ground substance present between the plasma film and core of all cells with the exception of viral cells. It is a shapeless, clear,…