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1. Biological Molecules (AQA AS Biology)

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1.1 Biological Molecules: Carbohydrates

  1. 1.1.1 Biological Molecules: Key Terms
  2. 1.1.2 Biological Molecules: Reactions
  3. 1.1.3 Monosaccharides
  4. 1.1.4 Glucose
  5. 1.1.5 The Glycosidic Bond
  6. 1.1.6 Chromatography: Monosaccharides
  7. 1.1.7 Disaccharides
  8. 1.1.8 Starch & Glycogen
  9. 1.1.9 Cellulose
  10. 1.1.10 Biochemical Tests: Sugars & Starch
  11. 1.1.11 Finding the Concentration of Glucose

1.2 Biological Molecules: Lipids

  1. 1.2.1 Lipids
  2. 1.2.2 Triglyceride Function
  3. 1.2.3 Phospholipids
  4. 1.2.4 Biochemical Tests: Lipids
  5. 1.2.5 Lipid Diagrams & Properties

1.3 Biological Molecules: Proteins

  1. 1.3.1 Amino Acids & the Peptide Bond
  2. 1.3.2 Chromatography: Amino Acids
  3. 1.3.3 Protein Structure & Function
  4. 1.3.4 Protein Interactions
  5. 1.3.5 Biochemical Tests: Proteins
  6. 1.3.6 Globular & Fibrous Proteins
  7. 1.3.7 The Molecular Structure of Haemoglobin
  8. 1.3.8 The Molecular Structure of Collagen

1.4 Proteins: Enzymes

  1. 1.4.1 Many Proteins are Enzymes
  2. 1.4.2 Enzyme Specificity
  3. 1.4.3 How Enzymes Work
  4. 1.4.4 Required Practical: Measuring Enzyme Activity
  5. 1.4.5 Maths Skill: Drawing a Graph for Enzyme Rate Experiments
  6. 1.4.6 Maths Skill: Using a Tangent to Find Initial Rate of Reaction
  7. 1.4.7 Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: Temperature
  8. 1.4.8 Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: pH
  9. 1.4.9 Maths Skill: Calculating pH
  10. 1.4.10 Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: Enzyme Concentration
  11. 1.4.11 Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: Substrate Concentration
  12. 1.4.12 Limiting Factors Affecting Enzymes: Inhibitors
  13. 1.4.13 Models & Functions of Enzyme Action
  14. 1.4.14 Practical Skill: Controlling Variables & Calculating Uncertainty

1.5 Nucleic Acids: Structure & DNA Replication

  1. 1.5.1 The Function of DNA & RNA
  2. 1.5.2 Nucleotide Structure & the Phosphodiester Bond
  3. 1.5.3 The Structure of DNA
  4. 1.5.4 The Structure of RNA
  5. 1.5.5 Ribosomes
  6. 1.5.6 The Origins of Research on the Genetic Code
  7. 1.5.7 Semi-Conservative Replication
  8. 1.5.8 The Process of Semi-Conservative Replication
  9. 1.5.9 Calculating the Frequency of Nucleotide Bases
  10. 1.5.10 The Watson Crick Model

1.6 ATP, Water & Inorganic Ions

  1. 1.6.1 The Structure of ATP
  2. 1.6.2 Hydrolysis & Synthesis of ATP
  3. 1.6.3 The Properties of Water
  4. 1.6.4 Inorganic Ions

1.1 Biological Molecules: Carbohydrates

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1.2 Biological Molecules: Lipids

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1.3 Biological Molecules: Proteins

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1.4 Proteins: Enzymes

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1.5 Nucleic Acids: Structure & DNA Replication

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1.6 ATP, Water & Inorganic Ions

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