Metabolism Made Easy

This podcast provides an overview of G-protein coupled recertors (GPCRs) and Second messengers. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the activation of receptors tyrosine kinase receptors. This biochemistry content may be useful to medical and premedical students.

This podcast describes the mechanism of action of steroid receptors and the types of cellular responses they ellicit. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the 4 types of receptors involved in cellular signaling. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcasts describes the various types of enzyme inhibition with some specific examples. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast summarizes the major types of enzyme regulatory mechanisms. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcasts covers the major reactions where tetrahydrofolate and B 12 are needed. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the packaging and disposal of ammonia. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the glutamate dehydrogenase reaction and its regulation. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the effect of alcohol metabolism on depleting important gluconeogenic intermediates, namely, pyruvate, oxaloacetate and Glyceradehye 3-P by a rise in NADH. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students. Similar content is available at: MEDBIOCHEM.ORG

This podcast covers the reaction details and regulation of the aminotransferases ALT and AST. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast provides an overview of protein digestion in the small intestine including the mechanism of activation of zymogens. An introduction to transaminases is also covered. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the major nutrients in the diet and their overall catabolism to produce energy. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the latter steps of gluconeogenesis and covers the key regulatory molecules of the pathway. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcasts covers the key bypass steps in gluconeogenesis and their regulation (part I). This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the biosyhthesis of pyrimidenes and summarizes some of the cancer therapeutic strategies targeting nucleotide biosynthesis. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcasts describes some of the key features of purine biosynthesis including important therapeutic strategies for disrupting nucleotide synthesis. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the key metabolic changes in various organs during the fasting state. This biochemistry content may be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the major metabolic changes associated with the various organs during the well-fed state. This biochemistry content may be useful for premedical and medical students.

This podcast covers the last 6 steps in glycolysis from Aldolase A to Lactate dehydrogenase. Key regulation of the entire pathway is also covered. This biochemistry content may be useful to premed and medical students.

This podcast describes the regulation of phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK1) in some detail and its allosteric activation by fructose 2, 6 -bis- phosphate. This biochemistry content might be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast describes the first step in glycolysis and covers the properties of the two isozymes hexokinase and glucokinase in some detail. This biochemistry content might be useful to premedical and medical students.

This podcast presents an overview of glycolysis including some tissue specific aspects of the pathway. This biochemistry content may be useful for premed and medical students.

This podcast describes the key features and tissue distribution of the various types of glucose transporters. This biochemistry content may be useful to premed and medical students.

This podcast describes the metabolic processes responsible for maintenance of normal glucose levels in the plasma. This biochemistry content may be useful to premed and medical students.