Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

Contributors in Biochemistry

Biochemistry

In sugar chemistry, the anomer that places the hemiacetal (or hemiketal) hydroxy group on the side of the pyranose (or furanose) ring opposite the non-ring carbon atom (i.e. C-6 of glucose) that is ...

BZIP protein

Biology; Biochemistry

A type of Y-shaped homodimeric DNA-binding protein in which the stem is composed of two intertwined α-helices held together as a leucine zipper; the arms of the Y are the basic regions that reach ...

HLH protein

Biology; Biochemistry

One of a group of proteins defined by their characteristic topography (the helix-loop-helix). These proteins form DNA-binding heterodimers composed of two proteins, one from a ubiquitous and one from ...

Pyranose

Biology; Biochemistry

The form of a sugar when it is condensed into a 6-membered ring. By analogy with pyran, the 6-membered cyclic compound containing an oxygen atom and two conjugated carbon-carbon double bonds, a ...

Fischer convention

Biology; Biochemistry

A representation of the absolute configuration of an asymmetrical carbon atom, especially the carbons of a sugar, in which the substituents further from the observer are shown above and below and the ...

Salting out

Biology; Biochemistry

The addition of a salt, especially ammonium sulphate, to decrease the solubility of a susceptible protein. Some proteins respond by becoming more soluble upon addition of a salt, i.e. salting in.

Glycobiology

Biology; Biochemistry

The study, at the molecular level, of the structural and functional roles of carbohydrate-containing structures and of the interactions of carbohydrates with other structures, especially proteins.