Thursday, March 1, 2012
Find an interesting biochemistry website and put its link in this entry, and describe what is found there.
The website I came across was Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry which is a informational site that is as an online reference for metabolism to many major biological pathways, primarily focused on human pathways. It shows carbohydrate, lipid, amino acid, & energy metabolism types. It also lists the free energy change for each step in the form of ΔG (kJ/mol). From glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation, its all there and its also in 3D models! The particular pathway that grabbed my attention is the Citric Acid, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, or Kreb's cycle depending on who you ask. This is a vital component for all all aerobic organisms to generate energy. This site is a wonderful online tool to quickly put forth the pathway to many of today's understood pathways for metabolism.
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This is a great site. I have to do my biochemistry 'connections' presentation from the book and I found myself confused by the metabolic pathways our book discusses in the paragraph. This could be very useful to me to further research my topic and understand the processes and pathways that are taking place during metabolism. It is very in-depth but still easy to understand. Great website find.
ReplyDeleteIt really helps to have an outside source other than the text to help shade in the areas you may be gray on... The book does its job, but sometimes its just good to read another opinion on the same subject matter.
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