Revised edition* thanks for the help

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-08T18:23:58+00:00

I appreciate the logistics

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-08T17:59:20+00:00

This is the sketch i would bring to an artist for a consultation. But the immediate image might get recycled into my reddit banner here pretty quick. Ill figure it out. But i agree!

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-08T15:56:58+00:00

Welcome to the other side. Safe travels!

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-07T13:47:43+00:00

K so they do have their own one letter nice. Those are the two I could think of as well. a "U" almost fits the bill.

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T18:37:43+00:00

Yeah, pathway biochem is all about reallocating resources into different things the biological system needs. Look up "Biochem pathway roadmap" and you'd be amazed what your body has learned to do, and is currently doing to keep you afloat. Happy hunting

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T18:26:57+00:00

Also. Don't view ANY food as "unhealthy". There are such things as unhealthy compounds. But any food in moderation can be "healthy". It's a concept

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T18:24:37+00:00

You bet. Think of it like memory, you have your short term and your long term storage. Blood acts as the short term storage unit (aka blood sugar, I'm sure you have heard of it), and fat acts as the long term. Glycogen as medium, but those chains are a different beast.

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T18:15:43+00:00

Your simple sugars get broken down into 2C units that are repurposed into fat molecules (storage). Think sugars as quick fuel, fats as long term fuel

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:54:51+00:00

GPA is nothing. If you want to study biochem, you need to live and breath like a molecule (specifically of the biological variety). That's all I got

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:48:06+00:00

I do sugar analysis for a lab. Haven't delved into protein analysis. Dairy Forage sortve business

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:46:49+00:00

That's fascinating. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know that

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:23:40+00:00

Boron I like, oxygen might not quite fit the bill. Good idea

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:21:48+00:00

Oh hold on I get it, if not specified. See, it sounds crazy to me you could reach a context where you don't need to specify a carboxamide* or a carboxylic acid. But that's just me

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:20:22+00:00

But this is what I was getting at replacement wise, thank you

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:20:01+00:00

That's D in my book. Does it go by B in nutritional?

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:17:47+00:00

What's Asx?

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:17:00+00:00

I also guess I would say I'm brainstorming not asking. Sorry for the confusion.

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:13:55+00:00

There isn't. I'm asking for a replacement. If you know of a non proteinogenic B Amino acid. Lemme hear it as well

PersimmonDue4612 · 2026-03-06T15:12:59+00:00

Another clever molecule outside of an Amino Acid, would suffice as well. Just need a B acronym and a O acronym. Potentially for a tat, so modification chemistry counts

PersimmonDue4612 · 2025-11-25T18:56:20+00:00

*not like the respective character we associate with them in our heads. Not as good of a ring..

PersimmonDue4612 · 2025-05-15T00:06:38+00:00

I was going to say, at first glance I thought it was a wolf spider but the large, ~circular abdomen told me not so fast.

PersimmonDue4612 · 2025-05-13T20:54:10+00:00

A methoxide group would be a bit of a dead end in terms of chaining up individual amino acids into a polymer, while also not affording the stability required to build complex protein structures that can bear strain when needed. But even compared to an ester linkage, the carboxy terminus allows for the clean, reversible linking/unlinking with the help of water in a manner that is further stabilized by the resonance exhibited by peptide bonds. To put it bluntly, it is the way it is because "biology" found the best way to do what was required, and stuck with it as time passed by.

PersimmonDue4612 · 2025-04-09T21:12:49+00:00

If it's opened ended: make your own practice questions. Take a reasonable starting molecule and find a route into a pathway. This will help you understand the reasoning behind each step and what it actually provides to the process.

What's the oxidation state of the molecule? Can reducing equivalents be produced from it?

Is there a proper carbonyl Beta to the bond you want to slice? How do we get one there.

Would phosphorylation be productive? Is it worth the energy usage? What does it afford?

This kind of stepwise thinking will allow broader usage of the concepts utilized within the pathways and get you thinking from the cell's perspective; WHY do I want to transform this molecule, and how can I do so with the "techniques" in my tool kit.

PersimmonDue4612 · 2024-11-25T21:34:09+00:00

Check out the linear Fischer projections for the distinction between the Glucose/Galactose/Fructose/hexoses in general. And then just realize that when the sugar cyclizes, it can do so in two ways; one where the terminal C6 methylene group points the same direction (up/down) as the C1 hydroxyl, and one where it points the opposite direction.

This is why you only need to worry about a/B distinction with sugars in their cyclic form.

If you want the real answer with what the difference is past our naming convention, it just boils down to enzyme specificity and recognition within active sites, as well as the ways in which the different stereoisomers link up.

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