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Bite-Sized Biochemistry #12: Catalytic Mechanisms

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Lecture by Kevin Ahern of Oregon State University discussing Biochemistry Basics in BB 450. See the full course at oregonstate.edu This course can be taken for credit (wherever you live) via OSU's ecampus. For details, see ecampus.oregonstate.edu Download Metabolic Melodies at http://www.davincipress.com Related courses include BB 350 - oregonstate.edu BB 451 - oregonstate.edu BB 100 - oregonstate.edu Highlights Enzymes 1.Chemicals, such as DIPF and iodoacetate, covalently (and irreversibly) bind to the side chains of specific amino acids (serine and cysteine, respectively) and if these side chains are essential for the catalytic action of the enzyme, the enzyme will not catalyze reactions after being treated with these chemicals.

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Scope of Biochemistry – Will I get a job ?

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While talking to many of the students and to some of my counterparts in the city, I noticed that many of them feel that there is no or little scope for biochemistry.   They are actually confusing between the words "Scope" and the "Jobs" after studying biochemistry.
Scope means the areas where one can get into and Job means getting into one.
After studying Biochemistry (BSc or MSc) you can get into the following areas ( with necessary extra skills):
1.   Diagnostic labs in hospitals ( you need to complete Medical Lab Technician course).
2.   Research and Development wings of industries manufacturing all the products that are used in our body, i.e., soaps, shampoos, tooth pastes, perfumes, talcs etc.  because all these products involve the effectiveness in interacting with various biomolecules in our body.  And this can be done effectively by a Biochemist only.
3.   e-Publishing in scientific journals and magazines.
4.  ITeS - IT enabled services  -  this includes Medical Transcription, Medical Coding, Medical Billing.
5.  Off late  Online tutoring is getting more demand, especially from US, UK and other europeran countries.
If you like to set up your career in the area of biochemistry you can get into any of these.
For all of these areas you definitely require good communication, interpersonal skills, and basic computer knowledge.
Well, getting a Job depends on the vacancies and the expectations of those companies.
Cheers 🙂

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A biochemical rheostat controls cell death using protein-protein interaction Bim Mcl1

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Apoptosis (cell suicide) is such an important decision to the cell, it uses a rheostat to control the decision instead of a simple ON-OFF switch. The mechanism involves multidomain BCL2 family proteins like Mcl-1 rendered here, and pro-death proteins like Bim.

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A biochemical rheostat controls cell death using protein-protein interaction Bim Mcl1

Bite-Sized Biochemistry #48 – Translation II (Protein Synthesis)

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Lecture by Kevin Ahern of Oregon State University discussing Biochemistry Basics in BB 451. See the full course at oregonstate.edu This course can be taken for credit (wherever you live) via OSU's ecampus. For details, see ecampus.oregonstate.edu Download Metabolic Melodies at http://www.davincipress.com Related courses include BB 350 - oregonstate.edu BB 450 - oregonstate.edu BB 100 - oregonstate.edu Highlights Translation II 1.

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Bite-Sized Biochemistry #39 – Nucleotide Metabolism I

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Lecture by Kevin Ahern of Oregon State University discussing Biochemistry Basics in BB 451. See the full course at oregonstate.edu This course can be taken for credit (wherever you live) via OSU's ecampus. For details, see ecampus.oregonstate.edu Download Metabolic Melodies at http://www.davincipress.com Related courses include BB 350 - oregonstate.edu BB 450 - oregonstate.edu BB 100 - oregonstate.edu Nucleotide Metabolism 1.

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Bite-Sized Biochemistry #22 – Glycolysis II / Carbohydrate Metabolism

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(11/17/10) Lecture by Kevin Ahern of Oregon State University discussing Biochemistry Basics in BB 450. See the full course at oregonstate.edu Highlights Glycolysis II 1. Reaction #9 is catalyzed by enolase and involves removal of water from 2PG to form PEP, which is a highly energetic compound.

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