Sweet Biochemistry
Remembering Structures, Cycles, and Pathways by Mnemonics
- 2nd Edition - July 20, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Asha Kumari
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 3 4 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 3 4 9 - 5
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Request a sales quoteSweet Biochemistry: Remembering Structures, Cycles, and Pathways by Mnemonics, Second Edition makes biochemistry lively, interesting and memorable by connecting objects, images and stories to biochemistry concepts. Here, Dr. Asha Kumari has converted cycles and difficult pathways into very simple formula and short stories and images to help readers see things in complicated cycles and better visualize biochemistry. As biochemistry is evolving steadily, with new and impactful topics, this new edition has been fully updated to include mnemonics on timely topics in biochemistry such as DNA replication, RNA, transcription, translation, and CRISPR technology, as well as fundamentals of immunity.
- Provides quick, indigenous formula, mnemonics, figures, poems and short stories to absorb key concepts in biochemistry
- Presents original diagrams that are easy to recall
- Features simplified tables for remembering distinguishing features
- Updated to address evolving topics in basic and medical biochemistry, including DNA replication, RNA transcription and translation and immunity fundamentals
(Post) graduate students and scientists in biochemistry, Medical students, practitioners and students across nursing and Allied Health Professions
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Glycolysis
- Abstract
- Microview
- Chapter 2. Citric acid cycle
- Abstract
- Quick view of pathway
- Chapter 3. Electron transport chain
- Abstract
- Microview
- The story of electron transport chain
- What relates to electron transport chain in the story?
- Chapter 4. Beta oxidation of fatty acids
- Abstract
- Importance of beta oxidation of fatty acids
- Chapter 5. Fatty acid biosynthesis
- Abstract
- Traditional recap
- Relation of beta oxidation and synthesis of fatty acids synthesis
- Chapter 6. Cholesterol structure
- Abstract
- Role of cholesterol
- Chapter 7. Cholesterol synthesis
- Abstract
- Traditional recap
- First enzyme thiolase
- 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase
- 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase
- Story of queen bee’s honeycomb house
- Chapter 8. Haem synthesis
- Abstract
- Rate-limiting step of haem synthesis: aminolevulinic acid formation
- Regulation of aminolevulinic acid synthase
- Chapter 9. Porphyrias
- Abstract
- Traditional recap
- Neuropsychiatric features
- Chapter 10. Urea cycle
- Abstract
- Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1: an unique enzyme
- Are there other modulators also for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1?
- Chapter 11. Urea cycle disorders
- Abstract
- Why ammonia is so toxic to brain?
- Chapter 12. Glycogen storage disorders
- Abstract
- Glycogen storage diseases
- Mechanisms for features of glycogen storage disorders
- Story mnemonic of glycogen storage disorders
- Chapter 13. Mucopolysaccharidoses
- Abstract
- Hurler disease
- Scheie syndrome: Mucopolysaccharidoses I
- Hunter syndrome: Mucopolysaccharidoses II
- Sanfilippo syndrome: Mucopolysaccharidoses III
- Morquio syndrome: Mucopolysaccharidoses IV
- Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome: Mucopolysaccharidoses VI
- Sly syndrome: Mucopolysaccharidoses VII
- Chapter 14. Lipid storage disorders/sphingolipidoses
- Abstract
- Tay-Sach’s disease and Sandoff’s disease
- Gaucher disease
- Niemann–Pick disease
- Farber’s disease
- Fabry’s disease
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy
- Chapter 15. Ceramide structure and derivatives
- Abstract
- What are ceramides doing in our body
- Chapter 16. Prostaglandin synthesis
- Abstract
- Biological actions of prostaglandins
- Cyclooxygenase is the controller of rate-limiting step
- Chapter 17. Purine structure
- Abstract
- Chemical structure
- Examples of Interesting purines
- Chapter 18. Purine synthesis de novo
- Abstract
- A brief view of reactions
- Amido phosphoribosyl transferase (Atase) – rate-limiting enzyme with a unique ammonia channel
- Interesting regulation of purines
- Chapter 19. Pyrimidine structure-2
- Abstract
- Uracil
- Thymine
- Cytosine
- Chapter 20. Pyrimidine de novo synthesis
- Abstract
- Chapter 21. DNA structure and DNA replication
- Abstract
- Alternative DNA structures
- Brief summary of steps of DNA replication
- Chapter 22. Differences in eukaryotic and prokaryotic replication
- Abstract
- Chapter 23. Transcription
- Abstract
- Steps of transcription
- Chapter 24. Translation
- Abstract
- Chapter 25. Inhibitors of translation
- Abstract
- Antibiotics and the mechanism of action
- Toxins that disturb protein synthesis
- Chapter 26. Operon
- Abstract
- The lac Operon
- Chapter 27. Various types of RNA
- Abstract
- Messenger RNA
- Small-nuclear RNA
- MicroRNA
- Small-interfering RNA
- Ribozyme
- Chapter 28. Antibody
- Abstract
- Chapter 29. Class switching
- Abstract
- When is class switching required?
- Mechanism of class switching
- Chapter 30. Antigen
- Abstract
- Hapten
- Superantigens
- Neoantigens
- Autoantigen
- Adjuvants
- Chapter 31. Major histocompatibility complex
- Abstract
- The categorisation of human leucocyte antigen forms three classes I, II and III
- Chapter 32. Vaccines
- Abstract
- Whole pathogen vaccines
- Subunit vaccine
- Nucleic acid vaccines
- Viral-vectored vaccines
- Exercises
- Further reading
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: July 20, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 242
- No. of pages (eBook): 180
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443153488
- eBook ISBN: 9780443153495
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Asha Kumari
Dr. Asha Kumari is a young medical biochemist. Her parent institute is Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, from where she completed her MBBS and MD in biochemistry in 2014. She is presently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry, SHKM GMC, Nalhar, Nuh, Mewat, Haryana, India. She is a member of the Association of Medical Biochemists of India. She is actively involved in medical research and has written papers in international and national journals. Dr. Asha has a deep interest in improving the teaching methods in the medical field.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati, Government Medical College, University of Health Sciences, Nuh, Mewat, Haryana, IndiaRead Sweet Biochemistry on ScienceDirect