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1. Introduction to Biochemistry4h 34m
2. Water3h 23m
3. Amino Acids8h 10m
4. Protein Structure10h 4m
5. Protein Techniques14h 5m
6. Enzymes and Enzyme Kinetics13h 38m
7. Enzyme Inhibition and Regulation 8h 42m
8. Protein Function 9h 41m
9. Carbohydrates7h 49m
10. Lipids5h 49m
11. Biological Membranes and Transport 6h 37m
12. Biosignaling9h 45m
Review 1: Nucleic Acids, Lipids, & Membranes2h 47m
Review 2: Biosignaling, Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, & PP-Pathway3h 12m
Review 3: Pyruvate & Fatty Acid Oxidation, Citric Acid Cycle, & Glycogen Metabolism2h 26m
Review 4: Amino Acid Oxidation, Oxidative Phosphorylation, & Photophosphorylation1h 48m

1. Introduction to Biochemistry

Central Dogma

Biochemistry

1. Introduction to Biochemistry

Central Dogma

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Multiple Choice

Which molecule is translated into an amino acid sequence during protein synthesis?

rRNA

DNA

tRNA

mRNA

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Understand the central dogma of molecular biology, which explains the flow of genetic information: DNA is transcribed into RNA, and RNA is translated into proteins.

Recognize the role of mRNA (messenger RNA) in protein synthesis. mRNA carries the genetic code from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome, where translation occurs.

Learn the function of rRNA (ribosomal RNA), which forms the structural and functional components of the ribosome but is not translated into proteins.

Understand the role of tRNA (transfer RNA), which brings amino acids to the ribosome during translation but is not itself translated into proteins.

Conclude that mRNA is the molecule that is translated into an amino acid sequence during protein synthesis, as it contains the codons that specify the sequence of amino acids in the protein.