Review Session Details
- Types of intermolecular interactions in biochemistry (i.e. ionic and dipole interactions)
- The hydrophobic effect
- Three thermodynamic parameters: ∆H, ∆S and ∆G
- ∆G and equilibrium constants (Keq) of biochemical reactions
- Composition and structure of DNA and RNA nucleic acids
- Three conformations of nucleic acids
- Drawing oligomers of DNA and RNA
- Mechanism for the formation of a phosphodiester bond
- Identifying nucleic acid base pairing and tautomers
- Understand how to assess amino acid stereochemistry
- Switch between line structure and Fisher projection for sugars
- Learn the mechanism for the formation of a amide bond
- Review 20 natural amino acids and their pKas
- Amino acid charge at various pH and its isoelectric point (pI) values
- Sugar stereochemistry (i.e. D/L sugars, enantiomers, diastereomers, epimers)
- Structural difference between Ribose, Glucose, Mannose and Galactose and Fructose
- The concept of mutarotation about the anomeric carbon
- Learn to convert between Fisher projections, Haworth projection and line structures
- Sugar function in a cellular context
- Review Session will cover past TEST #2 questions from previous years!
