Handbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

SECTION I: AMINO ACIDS, PEPTIDES, AND PROTEINS

Properties of Amino Acids

Data on the Naturally Occurring Amino Acids

Coefficients of Solubility Equations of Certain Amino Acids in Water

Heat Capacities, Absolute Entropies, and Entropies of Formation of Amino Acids and Related Compounds

Heat of Combustion, Enthalpy, and Free Energy of Formation of Amino Acids and Related Compounds

Solubilities of Amino Acids in Water at Various Temperatures

Heats of Solution of Amino Acids in Aqueous Solution at 25 degreesC

Free Energies of Solution and Standard Free Energy of Formation of Amino Acids in Aqueous Solution at 25 degreesC

Far Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Amino Acids

UV Absorption Characteristics of N-Acetyl Methyl Esters of the Aromatic Amino Acids, Cystine, and of N-Acetylcysteine

Numerical Values of the Absorbances of the Aromatic Amino Acids in Acid, Neutral, and Alkaline Solutions

Hydrophobicities of Amino Acids and Proteins

Partial Volumes of Amino Acids

Deamidation of Asparagine

Michael Reactions of Proteins

Molecular Weights of Proteins and Some Other Materials Including Sedimentation, Diffusion, and Frictional Coefficients and Partial Specific Volumes

Molar Absorptivity and A1cm 1% Values for Proteins at Selected Wavelengths of the Ultraviolet and Visible Region

Temperature Coefficients of Apparent Partial Specific Volumes of Proteins Expressed in ml/g/deg (dV/dT)

Protein pK Values

Intrinsic Viscosity of Proteins

Infrared Spectra of Proteins

Volume Changes for Some Macromolecule Association Reactions

Assay of Solution Protein Concentration

Spectrophotometric Determination of Protein Concentration in the Short-Wavelength Ultraviolet

SECTION II: ENZYMES

Turnover of Enzymes in Tissues

Molecular Turnover of Cytochromes in Animals

Matrix Metalloproteinases

Proteases in the Interstitial Space

Enzymes in Synthetic OrganicChemistry

Therapeutic Enzymes

Protease Inhibitors and Protease Inhibitor Cocktails

SECTION III: LIPIDOMICS AND LIPIDOMES

Evolution of the Classification and Nomenclature of Lipids

A Brief Glossary for Lipidomics

A Comprehensive Classification System for Lipids

Properties of Fatty Acids and Their Methyl Esters

Densities, Specific Volumes, and Temperature Coefficients of Fatty Acids from C8 to C12

Composition and Properties of Common Oils and Fats

Spectral Properties of Fatty Acids

IR Active Bands of Phosphatidylethanolamines (PE)

Concentration of Some Fatty Acids in Human Blood, Blood Plasma or Blood Serum

Some Unusual Fatty Acid Structures

SECTION IV: VITAMINS AND COE NZYMES

Properties of Vitamins

Biological Characteristics of Vitamins

Vitamers

Vitamin Names Discarded

SECTION V: NUCLEIC ACIDS

Some Definitions for Nucleic Acids

UV Spectral Characteristics and Acidic Dissociation Constants of 280 Alkyl Bases, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides

Ultraviolet Absorbance of Oligonucleotides Containing 2'-O-Methylpentose Residues

Spectrophotometric Constants of Ribonucleotides

Purines, Pyrimidines, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides: Physical Constants and Spectral Properties

Chemical Modification of Nucleic Acids

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Gene Editing

SECTION VI: GLYCOSCIENCE

Nomenclature of Carbohydrates

Chemical Modification of Carbohydrates

Some Properties of Glycosaminoglycans

Sugar Mimetics

Intrinsic Viscosity of Polysaccharides

SECTION VII: CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND DRUG DESIGN

Unnatural Amino Acids for Incorporation into Proteins

Structures and Symbols for Synthetic Amino Acids Incorporated into Synthetic Polypeptides

Properties of the ?-Keto Acid Analogs of Amino Acids

?,?-Unsaturated Amino Acids

Amino Acid Antagonists

Particle Diameter

Weights of Cells and Cell Constituents

Click Chemistry

A Listing of Log P Values, Water Solubility, and Molecular Weight for Some Selected Chemicals

SECTION VIII: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL DATA

IUBMB-IUPAC Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN) Recommendations for Nomenclature and Tables in Biochemical Thermodynamics

Standard Transformed Gibbs Energies of Formation for Biochemical Reactants

Enthalpy, Entropy, and Free Energy Values for Biochemical Redox Reactions

Oxidation-Reduction Potentials, Absorbance Bands, and Molar Absorbance of Compounds Used in Biochemical Studies

Calorimetric ?H Values Accompanying Conformational Changes of Macromolecules in Solution

Free Energies of Hydrolysis and Decarboxylation

Deci-Normal Solutions of Oxidation and Reduction Reagents

Guidelines for Potentiometric Measurements in Suspensions Part A - The Suspension Effect

Ionization Constants of Acids and Bases

Guidelines for NMR Measurements for Determination of High and Low pKa Values

Measurement and Interpretation of Electrokinetic Phenomena

Measurement of pH Definition, Standards, and Procedures

General Comments on Buffers

List of Buffers

Bronsted Acidities

Buffer Solutions

Amine Buffers Useful for Biological Research

Preparation of Buffers for Use in Enzyme Studies

Indicators for Volumetric Work and pH Determinations

Acid and Base Indicators

Specific Gravity of Liquids

Properties of Some Solvents

Chemicals Commonly Used in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and their Properties

Common Detergents Used in Biochemical Research

Some Properties of Detergents and Surfactants Used in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Some Biological Stains and Dyes

Mordant Dyes

Metal Chelating Agents

Metallomics: Guidelines for Terminology and Critical Evaluation of Analytical Chemistry Approaches (IUPAC Technical Report)

Water

General Information on Spectroscopy

Plastics

Chemical and Physical Properties of Various Commercial Plastics

Chemical Resistance of Plastics

Generic Source-Based Nomenclature for Polymers

Definitions of Terms Relating to Reactions of Polymers and to Functional Polymeric Materials

Definitions of Terms Related to Polymer Blends, Composites, and Multiphase Polymeric Materials

Terminology for Biorelated Polymers and Applications (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)

Intrinsic Viscosity of Poly(ethylene glycol)

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Organic Name Reactions Useful in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Brief Guide to the Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry

Properties of Fluorescent Probes Commonly Used for Membrane Studies

Chromatography

Blotting Technologies

Oxidation of Thiols

Partial Volumes for Some Selected Compounds

Appendix: Abbreviations and Acronyms