Bio-Chemistry
Bio-Chemistry is a vast, rich subject filled with wonders and fascination.
Welcome to Biochemistry! You may ask yourself "What exactly is biochemistry?" Well, my good friends, you have came to the right place! Biochemistry is defined as the branch of science dealing with the chemical and physicochemical processes that occur within living organisms. Prehaps you came here to differentiate between lipids and carbohydrates, or get a better understanding of H2O's properties. Or prehaps you feel hopelessly lost in the functions of enzymes. Or maybe you just feel like cruzin' around on this information-packed site. Whatever the reason, click on a link and start to fire up your neurons and rediscover the biology and chemistry in Biochemistry!
On this website, we (co-founders, builders, producers, editors Maziar Montazer and Andy Dhillon ) are passionate about informing others about such a rich subject to others, in hopes that others will keep on pursuing knoweldge in Biochemistry.
The first introduction...what's so special about Carbon?...Or Organic Chemistry?...
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Because of Carbons bonding abilities, organic moleucles have created a variety of organisms. This is partly due to the fact that Carbon can covalently bond up to 4 other atoms, including itself. With different bond lengths, Carbon can form carbon skeletons, which are essential to the diversity of living organisms. Other atoms can be bonded to Carbon in a Carbon skeleton. Carbon's presence is also quite important in the structure of isomers.
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Organic chemistry is so important to the study of biology because it studies Carbon, the central atom of all life, regardless of its origins. Because of Carbon's versatility, we get Organic Chemistry, We cannot explain the building blocks of life without the use of organic chemistry. All biological compositions have chemical compositions, and Carbon is the basis of all those compositions.
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The properties of organic molecules depends on:
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1) Arrangement of Carbon Skeleton
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2) Chemical (functional) groups attached to molecule-carbohydrate always has a hydroxyl and a carbohydrate group.