Like almost all biochemical reactions, the biological synthesis of ammonia requires a specific biochemical catalyst—an enzyme—to succeed. Enzymes are usually proteins and usually act as true catalysts; they carry out their reactions many times.
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- Introduction to Biochemistry
- Biochemistry Is a Contemporary Science
- Extrapolating Biochemical Information
- Common Themes in Biochemistry
- Polymers in Living Systems
- Types of Biochemical Reactions
- All Organisms are Related
- The Common Origin of Organisms
- United Strength of Biochemical Structures
- Water: Properties and Biomolecular Structure
- Hydrophobic Effect
- Electrostatic and van der Waals Interactions
- Acid‐Base Reactions in Living Systems
- Biochemical Reactions
- Types of Metabolic Reactions
- Enzyme Catalysts
- Space and Time Links
- Energy Flow
- Free‐Energy Calculations
- The Cell's Energy Currency
- Free‐Energy Transport across Membranes
- Complexity in Biochemical Genetics
- The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
- RNA Carries Genetic Information
- Base‐Pairing and the Central Dogma
- Levels of Protein Structure
- Amino Acids
- Primary Structure
- Secondary Structure
- Tertiary Structure
- Quaternary Structures
- The Chemistry of Molecular Oxygen
- Hemoglobin and Myoglobin
- Physiological Conditions and Hemoglobin
- Fetal Hemoglobin
- Enzymes Are Catalysts
- Six Types of Enzyme Catalysts
- Chemical Mechanisms of Enzyme Catalysis
- Chymotrypsin: An Enzyme at Work
- Enzyme Regulation
- Covalent Modification
- Metabolism: A Collection of Linked Oxidation and Reduction Processes
- Energy Production
- Biosynthetic versus Catabolic Reactions
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