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⚗️Biological Chemistry II
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258 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Biological Chemistry II exam

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α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex
5'-nucleotidases
5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR)
5-phosphoribosyl-1-amine (PRA)

A

Abca1 transporter
Abscisic acid
Acyl-coa synthetase
Adaptive laboratory evolution
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (aprt)
Adipokines
Adipose Tissue
Adrenal medulla
Adrenergic Receptors
Allosteric inhibitors
Allosteric Modulation
Alpha cells
Amino acid control pathway
Amino Acid Uptake
Ammonia detoxification
Ammonia toxicity
Anaerobic glycolysis
Androgen Receptor
Argininosuccinate synthetase
Asparagine synthetase
Aspartate transaminase
Aspartate transcarbamoylase
ATP-sensitive potassium channels

B

Basal Metabolic Rate
Beta-oxidation
Bile acid synthesis
Bile salts
Biological value
Biomarker discovery
Bioreactor design
Biosensors
Branching enzyme

C

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase
Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency
Carnitine acyltransferase
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase i
Carnitine Shuttle
Carrier Proteins
Catabolic Functions
Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll fluorescence
Cholesterol synthesis pathway
Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP)
Chromatography
Citrate synthase
Coenzyme Q
Cofactor engineering
Complex I
Complex II
Complex III
Complex IV
Ctp synthetase
Cushing's Syndrome
Cystinuria
Cytidine deaminase
Cytidine degradation
Cytochrome c
Cytochrome c oxidase
Cytochrome P450 Enzymes
Cytoplasmic fatty acid synthesis

D

DCCD
De novo lipogenesis
De novo pathway
Debranching enzyme
DNA Methylation
Dna polymerase
Dna synthesis

E

Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
Energy Balance
Energy expenditure
Energy investment