biochemistry

Noun
  1. The organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms;
    The effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry (synset 106089170)
    associated with:
    • antagonism - (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
    • agonist - (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
    • sequenator, sequencer - (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
    • lysis - (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
    • precursor - a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
    • cutin - (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
    • a, adenine - (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
    • adenosine - (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
    • deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
    • ribonucleic acid, rna - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
    • nucleic acid - (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
    • polynucleotide - (biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule
    • oligo, oligonucleotide - (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
    • cytochrome - (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
    • coenzyme q, ubiquinone - any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration
    • transcribe - convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
    • exergonic - (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy
    • endergonic - (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants
    is a type of: organic chemistry - the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)
    subtypes:
    • enzymology - the branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes
    • zymology, zymurgy - the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)

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