The chemical, structural and physical characteristics or properties of the biological lipids are as under: (i) The fats and oils are stored forms of energy in living organisms and are highly reduced compounds. (ii) The complete oxidation of fatty acids into CO2 and H20 in cells is highly exergonic or energy producing in the same way as the explosion of [...]
Everything you need to know about proteins. Some of the most frequently asked questions are as follows:- Q.1. What are proteins? Ans: A protein is a macromolecule composed of one or more polypeptide chains, each with a characteristic sequence of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. The cells of organisms contain thousands of different proteins each with a different function [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of enzymes. The enzymes are classified by the reactions they catalyze by adding the "ase" to the name of their substrate or to a suffix word or phrase which is meant for their activity, e.g., urease which catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea, and DNA polymerase which catalyzes the synthesis of DNA. [...]