biochem help

[eellen3]

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Does anybody know any cool pneumonics for glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, cac, etc? I'm having such a hard time remembering intermediates and enzymes!!!!
Thanks!!

 

[Rotinaj]

Make some flash cards yo.

 

[WinterLights]

Does anybody know any cool pneumonics for glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, cac, etc? I'm having such a hard time remembering intermediates and enzymes!!!!
Thanks!!

I have a test on the same things next tuesday. No mnemonics, just a semi-photographic memory.

 

[jochi1543]

Does anybody know any cool pneumonics for glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, cac, etc? I'm having such a hard time remembering intermediates and enzymes!!!!
Thanks!!

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I think there's a site called medicalmnemonics.com or something (Google to double-check the URL if it doesn't work), it has a ton of various mnemonics.

 

[eellen3]

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I think there's a site called medicalmnemonics.com or something (Google to double-check the URL if it doesn't work), it has a ton of various mnemonics.

wow! Thanks!

 

[FSAP]

I have that exam this Tuesday too. I think me and WinterLights are in the same class. This crap can get pretty hard to memorize, but the pathway is pretty straight forward and mechanisms are easy. So, all you really gotta do is have the names down and it's all good.

 

[luv2sd]

just memorize it and get the hell off SDN

 

[MC Tasty]

My study tips for life:

Hear it, write it, read it.


First read (out loud) the individual steps of the reaction (the enzymes involved and the reactants and products)

Then write it all down thoroughly.

Then study what you wrote.


This method is somewhat active and forces you to process the information several ways, which makes it easier to remember. Hope that helps and good luck.

 

[btc8]

If you look at the products of most reactions, the enzyme that made it will be named as such. Also, another nifty point to remember is that most, but not all, "dehydrogenases" require reducing equivalents (NAD, FAD, etc) to take care of the hydrogens that are eliminated. Often ATP has to be put in too... If you just remember little things like that, it makes things more doable. Except when you get to the Pentose Pathway; from there, everything just is totally random

 

[SB100]

Draw out the pathways over and over like in organic chemistry. You can predict enzymes just by looking at the name of the intermediate being acted upon and what kind of reaction it is (i.e. pyruvate decarboxylase removes CO2 from pyruvate to form acetate).

 

[Dendrite]

I got one to remember the intermediates in the Krebs Cycle.

Cat Is Good So Stroke Fur More Often
Cat = Citrate
Is = Isocitrate
Good = alpha-ketoGLUTARATE
So = Succinyl CoA
Stroke = Succinate
Fur = Fumarate
More = Malate
Often = Oxaloacetate

Just wanted to add that a micro/genetics instructor told our class about this pnemonic. Hope it helps you like it helped me.

 

[medguy83]

I like First Aid's Krebs cycle mnemonic:

Can (citrate)
I (Isocitrate)
Keep (a-Ketoglutarate)
Selling (Succinyl CoA)
Sex (Succinate)
For (Fumarate)
Money (Malate)
Officer? (Oxaloacetate)

 

[TheRealMD]

Cindy is kinky so she fornicates more often.