Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The definition of the following terminologies:

(a) Sterol carrier protein

(b) Fatty acid binding protein

(c) Biotransformation

(d) De novo

(e) Odd-chain oxidation.

Introduction:

Proteins are very important components of the cell that are formed by the process of translation and essentially carry out most of the functions of the cell. Therefore, they are rightly called the functional units of life. Enzymes are a type of proteins that catalyze chemical reactions inside the cell. These molecules are highly specific, whichmeans that each enzyme has its own substrate that it acts on.

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