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Can you name (family name and group name) and know the properties (polarity; charge;
hydrogen bonding; weak acid) of different organic functional groups used in biochemistry?

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Can you name four different biological classes of small molecule precursors, their polymer
forms and describe their biological function?

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Can you find the functional groups in these amino acid and identify chiral carbons?

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Can you name the chemical linkages of covalent bonds between small molecule precursors used
to form peptides and proteins?

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Can you find functional groups in these monosaccharides and identify chiral carbons?

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Can you name the chemical linkages of covalent bonds between small molecule precursors used
to form dissacharides and polysaccharides?

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Can you find functional groups in these fatty acids and identify stereochemistry?

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Can you name the chemical linkages of covalent bonds between small molecule precursors used
to form nonpolar and polar lipids?

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Can you name the chemical linkages of covalent bonds between small molecule precursors used
to form nucleic acids?

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Can you describe or recognize thru example if a biological reaction is a: nucleophilic
substitution reaction, hydrolysis reaction, elimination reaction, addition reaction, or oxidation-
reduction
d i reaction? i

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Can you describe or recognize thru example if a biological reaction is a: nucleophilic
substitution reaction, hydrolysis reaction, elimination reaction, addition reaction, or oxidation-
reduction
d i reaction? i

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Can you describe or recognize thru example if a biological reaction is a: nucleophilic
substitution reaction, hydrolysis reaction, elimination reaction, addition reaction, or oxidation-
reduction
d i reaction? i

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Can you describe or recognize thru example if a biological reaction is a: nucleophilic
substitution reaction, hydrolysis reaction, elimination reaction, addition reaction, or oxidation-
reduction
d i reaction? i

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Can you assign an oxidation number to carbon atoms in different functional groups (e.g.,
CH2OH; CHOH; CHO; COOH) or hydrocarbons (e.g., methine; methylene; methyl groups)?

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Can you characterize anabolic and catabolic metabolic pathways (especially with regards to
ATP use/generation and NAD(P)H use/production)?

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Can you state differs in a reductionist approach versus a systems biology approach to
understanding metabolism of a living systems?

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Can you name the cell structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells (animal cells only) and
state their biological functions especially with regards to metabolism?

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