Bioenergetics & Metabolism
A 27-module path through bioenergetics & metabolism, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Free Energy and the Direction of Biochemical Reactions
- Standard Free-Energy Change and the Biochemical Standard State
- Actual Free-Energy Change vs Standard Conditions
- Coupled Reactions and the Additivity of Free Energy
- ATP as the Cellular Energy Currency
- Phosphoryl-Transfer Potential
- Chemical Basis of ATP's High Free Energy of Hydrolysis
- Redox Reactions and Electron Carriers in Metabolism
- NAD and FAD as Electron Carriers
- Reduction Potentials and Electron Flow
- Glycolysis: Overview and Strategy
- Glycolysis: Preparatory Phase
- Glycolysis: Payoff Phase and ATP Generation
- Fates of Pyruvate and Fermentation
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase and Acetyl-CoA
- The Citric Acid Cycle: Reactions and Chemistry
- Anaplerotic Reactions and Cycle Regulation
- The Glyoxylate Cycle
- The Electron-Transport Chain
- The Chemiosmotic Theory
- ATP Synthase and the Rotary Mechanism
- Gluconeogenesis: Reversing Glycolysis
- Reciprocal Regulation of Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis
- Glycogen Metabolism: Synthesis and Breakdown
- Fatty-Acid Oxidation
- Integrated Regulation of Metabolism
- Regulation of Glycolysis