Amino Acids and Proteins, Biochemistry Topics
Last Modified: October 21, 2025 Introduction to Amino Acid Biosynthesis All tissues have some capability for synthesis of the non-essential amino acids as well as amino acid remodeling that generates other amino acids such as glutamate conversion to glutamine. In...
Cellular & Molecular Biology, DNA, RNA, and Protein Metabolism
Last Modified: October 20, 2025 Introduction Very nearly all human proteins undergo some form of modification during and/or following their synthesis. Protein modifications can involve the relatively simple process of cleavage or, as in the case of the large majority...
Biochemistry Topics, Nucleic Acid Biochemistry
Last Updated: October 28, 2025 Introduction to Nucleic Acids As a class, the nucleic acids (nucleotides) may be considered one of the most important nitrogenous metabolites of the cell. Nucleotides are found primarily as the monomeric units comprising the major...
