BIOC 2580 Mnemonics

Introduction to Biochemistry (BIOC 2580)

BIOC 2580 MNEMONICS

1) CITRIC ACID CYCLE

Compounds = “Our Awesome City [Center] Is Kept Safe & Sound From Mice”
Our = Oxaloacetate
Awesome = Acetyl-CoA
City = Citrate
[Center] = Cis-Aconitase
Is = Isocitrate
Kept = alpha-Ketoglutarate
Safe & = Succinyl-CoA
Sound = Succinate
From = Fumerate
Mice = Malate

Enzymes = “CAAIK Sounds So Friggen Mint”

C = Citrate synthase
A = Aconitase
A = Aconitase
I = Isocitrate dehydrogenase
K = alpha-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex

Sounds = Succincyl-CoA synthetase

So = Succinate dehydrogenase
Friggen = Fumerase
Mint = Malate dehydrogenase

Mechanisms = “CD HOOSD HD”

C = Condensation
D = Dehydration

H = Hydration
O = Oxidative Decarboxylation
O = Oxidative Decarboxylation
S = Substrate Level-phosphorylation
D = Dehydrogenation

H = Hydration
D = Dehydrogenation

2) GLYCOLYSIS
Compounds = “Gross Guys Favour Fancy-Boobs but Gorgeous+Dreamy Boys Prefer Pretty Petite
Photogenic girls”
Gross = Glucose
Guys = Glucose 6-phosphate
Favour = Fructose 6-phosphate
Fancy Boobs but = Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate
Gorgeous + Dreamy = Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate + Dihydroxyacetone-Phosphate
Boys = 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate
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Prefer = 3-Phosphoglycerate
Pretty = 2-Phosphoglycerate
Petite = Phosphoenolpyruvate
Photogenic girls = Pyruvate

Enzymes = “Hungry Pirates Pick All The Greatest Pickled Pumpkins Ever Picked”
Hungry = Hexokinase
Pirates = Phosphohexose isomerase
Pick = Phosphofructokinase
All = Aldolase
The = Triose phosphate isomerase
Greatest =G3P dehydrogenase
Pickled = Phosphoglycerate kinase
Pumpkins = Phosphoglycerate mutase
Ever = Enolase
Picked = Pyruvate Kinase

Mechanisms = “PIPLIO DIDD”

P = Phosphorylation
I = Isomerization
P = Phosphorylation
L = Lysis (cleavage of aldol)
I = Isomerization
O = Oxidative Phosphorylation

D = Dephosphorylation
I = Isomerization (mutation)
D = Dehydrogenation
D = Dephosphorylation

3) BETA – OXIDATION
Compounds = “_____ Taylor Licked Bobby’s Arm Again”
**____ = compound name will change depending on fatty acid used
Taylor = Trans-Δ2-Enoyl- CoA
Licked = L-β-Hydroxyacyl-CoA
Bobby’s = β-Ketoacyl-CoA
Arm = Acetyl-CoA
**Again = Acyl-CoA (ex. myristoyl-CoA)

Enzymes = “Acid Explodes Between Twigs”

Acid = Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
Explodes= Enoyl-CoA hydratase
Between = β-Hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase
Twigs = Thiolase (acyl-CoA acetyltransferase)

Mechanisms = O HOT!
O = Oxidation
H = Hydration
O = Oxidation
T = Thiolysis

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 4) AMINO ACIDS

6 Non-Polar = Anal Violates London’s Incognito Master Plan

- Alanine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Methionine, Phenylalanine

5 Moderately Polar = Gotham City Police Ya Wanker

- Glycine, Cysteine, Proline, Tyrosine (Y), Tryptophan (W)

4 Polar, Uncharged = Sluts Truly Never Quit

- Serine, Threonine, Asparagine (N), Glutamine (Q)

3 Polar, Positively Charged = Hunt Kill Repeat

- Histidine, Lysine (K), Arginine (R)

2 Polar, Negatively Charged = Erectile Dysfunction

- Glutamate (E), Aspertate (D)

5) AMINO ACID STRUCTURE

Beta Sheets = WYF Vit. C

- Tryptophan (W), Tyrosine (Y), Phenylalanine (F), Valine, Cysteine

Breakers = GPS No Dice

- Glycine, Proline, Serine, Asparagine (N), Aspertate (D)

Everything else = Alpha

6) FATTY ACID COMMON NAMES

- “Lets My Pal Stay Around”
o Laurate = 12
o Myristate = 14
o Palmitate = 16
o Sterate = 18
o Arachidate = 20

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