Interactive study of Glycolysis

Match either the reactant / enzyme name in the various steps of glycolysis. Study reactant structures of glycolysis interactively HERE.

Cholestrol synthesis, transport biochemistry interactive animation

Click here to see this animation. Learn through interaction!

Blot techniques

NoRthern blot is for RNA. The opposite, Southern blot is for DNA.
So what remains is the Western - for proteins.

Here's a more effective mnemonic if you know about Indian food habits.
In North India  Roti is favourite food - Northern RNA
South India : Dosa - Southern DNA
Western world food : Pizza - Western Proteins

For Hindi knowing people, here's an alternate menmonic:
South = Dakshin - DNA
West = Paschim - Proteins

Glycolysis, Krebs cycle mnemonic video

Watch this video role play taking you through cellular respiration. Glycolysis is depicted by the "heroine" in a very funny way that you will remember the cycle stepwise with the structure of molecules involved, ATP transactions etc. Kreb's (TCA) cycle represented as "doll play". This is different method to remember the complex cycles. In case you want to download this video click here.

Enzyme deficiancy in Phenylketonuria

PHenylketonuria - Enzyme deficient is Phenylalanine Hydroxylase

TCA / Krebs cycle - Video mnemonics

Do something or rather go to any extent to learn these complex cycles. Below are few youtube picks for remembering Kreb's cycle. Each video has made an analogy to help remember the cycle better. But in case you want regular mnemonics, check http://medicalmnemonics4u.blogspot.com/2009/11/citric-acid-cycle.html

Here's the first video - Marching band analogy of Kreb's cycle:


Taking one step further, here's the children's building block analogy to Kreb's:


Ok, how about a Kreb's Rap song?

Enzymes

The picture can be remembered for classification of enzymes. Note the mnemonics highlighted in big black letters.

New idea to remember cycles like Kreb's Cycle

Here's a new idea to remember the TCA cycle. Get a T-shirt with Krebs cycle printed on it. Visit this website to get my point: http://www.zazzle.com/krebs_cycle_citric_acid_cycle_biochemistry_tshirt-235956078092549858
You can remember the toughest cycles by using this method, because you will repeatedly revise this way. Remember the Indian film "Gajini" in which Ameer Khan suffers from short term memory loss and writes facts all over his body, room wall etc.

Also you can make small cards to remember the difficult cycles / diagrams and keep it in your wallet. One of my friends used to laminate such cards and take with him while bathing also!

Citric Acid Cycle

Here's how to remember the KTC = Kreb's or TCA or Citric acid cycle:
Remember "Citric Acid Is Kreb's Starting Substrate For Mitochondrial Oxidation"
These stands for the substrates in order:
Citric acid
Iso-Aconitase
Iso-citrate
Alpha-Ketoglutarate
Succinyl CoA
Succinate
Fumarate
Maleate
Oxaloacetate

Vitamins and Hypervitaminosis

Fat soluble vitamins are A, D, E, K (Remember FADEK)

Hypervitaminosis A causes Anomalies (teratogenicity)

Hypervitaminosis E causes necrotising Enterocolitis

Hypervitaminosis K causes Kernicterus due to hemolysis

Cystinuria

Aminoacids passed in urine of Cystinuria patient:

Remember COLA in urine:

Cystine

Ornithine

Lysine

Arginine

Pyrimidines

Which are the pyrimidines?

Remember: Pyrimidines are CUT from purines 

Cytosine,

Uracil,

Thymine

Sodium and Potassium

Sodium is EXtracellular, Potassium INtracellular (SEX, PIN)

What are normal values of Sodium and Potassium in serum ? They are 135 - 145 and 3.5 - 5.5 respectively. I used to get confused between these values when I first heard them. This is how I remembered it: Sodium is EXTRAcellular - has EXTRA values, so the larger value is for it - that is 1-3-5, the first three odd numbers and for the smaller potassium, take only second & third odd numbers i.e. 3-5, make it to 3.5

Iron content in body and in milk

Total quantity of " I R O N " in human body is 4 gms (=  number of letters inthe word " I R O N ")

Iron content in Milk = 0.4 mg

Essential amino acids

REMEMBER- Mr. Thomas Parker Very ILL, Admitted in Hospital on THuRsday

Methionine,

Tryptophan,

Phenylalanine,

Valine,

Isoleucine,

Lysine,

Leucine,  

Arginine,

Histidine,

THReonine 

The Sphingolipidoses

Enzyme defects in various Sphingolipidoses:

GaUChers Disease: beta GlUCosidase

Fabry's : ALpha gALactosidase

Nieman Pick : Sphingomyelinase (Remember Need P(f)or Speed)

Tay-Sachs : Hexosaminidose (Remember TSH)