Biochemistry & Polymer Chemistry
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Addition Polymerisation
Polymerisation in which unsaturated monomers add to one another with no loss of any atoms.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryAdenosine Triphosphate
The nucleotide that acts as the universal energy currency of living cells.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryAmino Acid
An organic compound containing both an amino group and a carboxyl group attached to the same carbon.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryBase Pairing
The specific hydrogen bonding between complementary nitrogenous bases in nucleic acids.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryBiochemistry
The study of the chemical substances and processes that occur within living organisms.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryBiodegradable Polymer
A polymer that can be broken down into simple substances by the action of microorganisms.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryBiomolecule
An organic molecule produced by and essential to a living organism.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryCarbohydrate
A biomolecule composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, usually with hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio found in water.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryCellular Respiration
The oxidation of nutrients within cells to release energy as ATP.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryCellulose
The structural polysaccharide of plant cell walls, a linear polymer of beta-linked glucose.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryCoenzyme
A small organic molecule that binds temporarily to an enzyme and is essential for its catalytic activity.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryCofactor
A non-protein chemical component required for an enzyme to function.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryCondensation Polymerisation
Polymerisation in which monomers join with the elimination of a small molecule, usually water.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryCopolymer
A polymer made from two or more different monomers.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryCross-Linking
The formation of covalent bonds between separate polymer chains.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryDegree of Polymerisation
The number of monomer units in an average polymer chain.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryDenaturation
The loss of a protein's native three-dimensional structure without breaking its peptide bonds.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryDisaccharide
A carbohydrate formed when two monosaccharide units join through a glycosidic bond.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryDNA
The double-stranded nucleic acid that carries the hereditary information of almost all living organisms.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryDouble Helix
The structure of DNA, in which two antiparallel polynucleotide strands wind around a common axis.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryEnzyme
A biological catalyst, almost always a protein, that accelerates a specific biochemical reaction.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryEnzyme Specificity
The ability of an enzyme to select one substrate, or one class of substrate, and catalyse one particular reaction.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryFatty Acid
A long-chain carboxylic acid, usually with an even number of carbon atoms.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryGenetic Code
The set of rules by which sequences of three bases in nucleic acid specify particular amino acids.