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Examples
Examples of common everyday inorganic compounds are water, sodium chloride (salt), sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), calcium carbonate (dietary calcium source), and muriatic acid (industrial-grade hydrochloric acid). Inorganic compounds typically have high melting points and variable degrees of electrical conductivity.
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Definition
inorganic compound, any substance in which two or more chemical elements (usually other than carbon) are combined, nearly always in definite proportions.
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Introduction
Inorganic compounds include compounds that are made up of two or more elements other than carbon, as well as certain carbon-containing compounds that lack carbon-carbon bonds, such as cyanides and carbonates. Inorganic compounds are most often classified in terms of the elements or groups of elements that they contain.
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History
History of BiochemistryBiochemistry came on the science scene in the early 1900s with the appearance of the first biochemical journals, the formation of a section of biological chemistry by the American Chemical Society, and the creation of biochemistry departments in research universities and medical schools.
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Branches of Biochemistry
As the broadest of the basic sciences, biochemistry includes many subspecialties such as neurochemistry, bioorganic chemistry, clinical biochemistry, physical biochemistry, molecular genetics, biochemical pharmacology, and immunochemistry.
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Types of biochemistry
A sub-discipline of both biology and chemistry, BioChemistry can be divided into three fields; structural biology, enzymology, and metabolism. Over the last decades of the 20th century, BioChemistry has become successful at explaining living processes through these three disciplines.
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Definition
Biochemistry is the application of chemistry to the study of biological processes at the cellular and molecular level. It emerged as a distinct discipline around the beginning of the 20th century when scientists combined chemistry, physiology, and biology to investigate the chemistry of living systems.
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Biochemistry
Biochemistry is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes
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Biological functions
Proteins have several functions. Some of them are structural components (e.g. keratin in hair, actin, and myosin in muscle, etc.). Many proteins are enzymes. They catalyze various biochemical reactions and therefore are essential to metabolism. Other vital roles of proteins in biological systems are as follows: as transporters (e.g. hemoglobin), as antibodies, and as regulators of gene expression. Not all proteins are…
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Degradation
The lifespan of proteins varies depending on their kind. Some proteins are degraded after a few minutes of production; others remain for years. Misfolded proteins are degraded at once to prevent them from causing damage due to their instability and dysfunctional nature. The cell may degrade or recycle them through protein turnover. Proteins may be degraded…
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