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    At its most comprehensive definition, biochemistry can be seen as a study of the components and … See more

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    Biochemistry - Wikipedia

    Starting materials: the chemical elements of life

    Around two dozen chemical elements are essential to various kinds of biological life. Most rare elements on Earth are not needed by life (exceptions being selenium and iodine), while a few common ones (aluminum… See more

    Biomolecules

    The 4 main classes of molecules in biochemistry (often called biomolecules) are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. Many biological molecules are polymers: in this terminology, monomers are relatively s… See more

    Metabolism

    Glucose is an energy source in most life forms. For instance, polysaccharides are broken down into their monomers by enzymes (glycogen phosphorylase removes glucose residues from glycogen, a polysaccha… See more

    Relationship to other "molecular-scale" biological sciences

    Researchers in biochemistry use specific techniques native to biochemistry, but increasingly combine these with techniques and ideas developed in the fields of genetics, molecular biology, and biophysics. There is no… See more

    Further reading

    • Fruton, Joseph S. Proteins, Enzymes, Genes: The Interplay of Chemistry and Biology. Yale University Press: New Haven, 1999. ISBN 0-300-07608-8
    • Keith Roberts, Martin Raff, Bruce Alberts, Peter Walter, Julian Lewi… See more

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