Category: Biochemistry

Transamination and its features

The chemical process in which there is transfer of an amino (-NH2) group from an amino acid to a keto-acid is known as transamination. This...

Gout and its types

Gout is a metabolic disease which is associated with overproduction of uric acid. Uric acid is found in a more soluble form as sodium urate...

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Vitamin C is a water soluble versatile vitamin. It has important role in human health and disease. It has become the most controversial vitamin in...

Urea cycle

Urea is considered as the end product of protein metabolism (amino acid metabolism). The nitrogen of amino acids gets converted to ammonia which is toxic...

Enzymes involved in biological oxidation

All the enzymes that are involved in biological oxidation belong to the class oxidoreductases. In biochemistry, an oxidoreductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of electrons from one molecule called the reductant,...