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Biological Molecules (AQA AS Biology)

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Biological Molecules: Carbohydrates

  1. Biological Molecules: Key Terms
  2. Biological Molecules: Reactions
  3. Monosaccharides
  4. Glucose
  5. The Glycosidic Bond
  6. Chromatography: Monosaccharides
  7. Disaccharides
  8. Starch & Glycogen
  9. Cellulose
  10. Biochemical Tests: Sugars & Starch
  11. Finding the Concentration of Glucose

Biological Molecules: Lipids

  1. Lipids
  2. Phospholipids
  3. Biochemical Tests: Lipids

Biological Molecules: Proteins

  1. Amino Acids & the Peptide Bond
  2. Chromatography: Amino Acids
  3. Protein Structure & Function
  4. Protein Interactions
  5. Biochemical Tests: Proteins

Proteins: Enzymes

  1. Many Proteins are Enzymes
  2. Enzyme Specificity
  3. How Enzymes Work
  4. Required Practical: Measuring Enzyme Activity
  5. Drawing a Graph for Enzyme Rate Experiments
  6. Using a Tangent to Find Initial Rate of Reaction
  7. Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: Temperature
  8. Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: pH
  9. Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: Enzyme Concentration
  10. Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: Substrate Concentration
  11. Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: Inhibitors
  12. Control of Variables & Uncertainty

Nucleic Acids: Structure & DNA Replication

  1. Nucleotide Structure & the Phosphodiester Bond
  2. DNA: Structure & Function
  3. RNA: Structure & Function
  4. Ribosomes
  5. The Origins of Research on the Genetic Code
  6. The Process of Semi-Conservative Replication
  7. Calculating the Frequency of Nucleotide Bases
  8. The Watson Crick Model

ATP, Water & Inorganic Ions

  1. The Structure of ATP
  2. Hydrolysis & Synthesis of ATP
  3. The Properties of Water
  4. Inorganic Ions

Biological Molecules: Carbohydrates

  1. Exam Questions

Biological Molecules: Lipids

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Biological Molecules: Proteins

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Proteins: Enzymes

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Nucleic Acids: Structure & DNA Replication

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ATP, Water & Inorganic Ions

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