MCAT Biology Memorization List

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information
Cell respiration summary numbers (i.e. how many ATP are made from one
molecule of glucose in proaryotes and euaryotes and how you can calculate
these numbers!
"ey cell biology enzymes (Bio#$%!
o See the Cell Biology &nzymes website for more information
The structures of'
o ($glycine
o ($proline
The glycosidic linages of the following disaccharides'
o (actose
o Maltose
o Sucrose
o Cellobiose
The amino acid classifications'
o Polar and non polar
o Acidic and basic
o Sulfur$containing
The ) letter amino acid abbre*iations (suggested memorization but not re+uired!
The p"
a
*alues for'
o Carbo,yl group of an amino acid (p"
a
-.!
o Amino group of an amino acid (p"
a
-/$#0!
o The acidic and basic side chains'
Aspartic acid' p"
a
-%
1lutamic acid' p"
a
-%
(ysine' p"
a
-#0
Arginine' p"
a
-#.
2istidine' p"
a
-3.4
1enotypic and5or phenotypic ratios (as discussed in Bio4! for the following
crosses'
o Monohybrid Crosses'
AA , aa
AA , Aa
Aa , aa
Aa , Aa
o 6ihybrid Crosses'
AaBb , aabb
AaBb , AaBb
The 4 2ardy$7einberg assumptions (Bio4!
The functions of the brain subdi*isions (Bio3!
The .4 2ormones (Bio3!'
o 8rigins
o Action
o Classification'
Amines' epinephrine and thyroid hormone
Steroids' ) adrenal corte, hormones (cortisol9 aldosterone9 se,
steroids!9 estrogen9 progesterone9 testosterone
Peptides' all the rest of the hormones
&+uations for'
o :soelectric point (p:! of the neutral amino acids (Bio.!; you will not ha*e
to calculate the p: for the acidic or basic amino acids
o The cost of maing amino acids9 %n$# (Bio%!
o 2ardy$7einberg (Bio4!
o Cardiac output (Bio<!
o Blood flow (Bio<!
7hich parts of the body are deri*ed from the ectoderm9 mesoderm and endoderm
(Bio#0!
: do not recommend that you memorize'
o Ta,onomy (Bio4!
o Minerals and *itamins (Bio=!
o :t is unliely that this material would be tested in a free$standing +uestion
o Being familiar with this content is of course a good idea9 but in terms of
priority9 this material should be at the bottom of your list
6o not memorize'
o &,act mechanisms of proteases (BS >e*iew9 pg.#%!
o 6etails of molecules through the "rebs cycle (BS >e*iew9 pg.)0$)#!
o The "reb?s cycle or &TC enzyme names
o 8ne letter abbre*iations for amino acids
o Amino acid side chain structures (e,cept glycine and proline $ see abo*e!
o Structure of the se, steroids