(1) The structural chemistry of the components of living matter and the relationship of biological function to chemical structure. (2) Metabolism – the totality of chemical reactions that occur in living matter. (3) The chemistry of processes and substances that store and transmit biological information (Molecular Genetics).
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All living matters usually have the following properties :
(1) movement (2) irritability(应激性 ) (3) growth (4) adaptation (5) reproduction
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Third Edition Instant Notes in
BIOCHEMISTRY
By B.D. Hames & N.M. Hooper
“精要速览系列（Instant Notes Series）”丛书 是国外教材“Best Seller”榜的上榜教材
From: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Leeds, Leeds, 3 UK
生物化学-biochemis
Hames & Hooper主编. 《Instant Notes in Biochemistry》 （导读版）. 科学出版社. 2008年.（Third Edition）
查锡良主编. 《生物化学》(第七版). 人民卫生出版社. 2008 年4月


ammonium cyanate (氰酸铵)
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1930-1950, electron microscope: provided a whole new level of insight into cellular structure. subcellular organelles could be studied, like mitochondria and chloroplasts realized that specific biochemical processes were localized in these subcellular particles.
– and in the early 1900s they were thought to be simple substances, – fit only for structural roles in the cell.
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Preface

This is a bilingual teaching for the required course Biochemistry with spoken English and
noted Chinese.

The purpose of this lesson is to enhance student’s ability of reading English textbook and journal of life sciences.
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Nucleic acids had been isolated in 1869 by Friedrich Miescher,

– but their chemical structures were poorly understood,
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Foundations of Modern Biochemistry


Biochemistry: An Interdisciplinary Science
Uses of Biochemistry


Teaching Plan
Teaching Arrangement Subject Achievement
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Goals of biochemistry Biochemistry seeks to describe the structure, organization, and functions of living matter in molecular terms.

Biochemistry's roots as a distinct field of study date to (起始于) the early 19th century by Friedrich Wöhler.
In 1828, Wöhler: synthesized urea in lab from the inorganic compound ammonium cyanate. In 1875, Walter Flemming: discovered chromosomes and identified it as genetic elements by 1902.
living matter: 生物体; in molecular terms: 以分子的观点; at molecular levels: 从分子水平
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It can be divided into three principal areas: