5. Carbohydrates and Glycoproteins

MIT 7.016 Introductory Biology, Fall 2018
Instructor: Barbara Imperiali

Professor Imperiali begins with a wrap-up of the previous lecture on enzymes, and then moves on to discussing carbohydrates.

License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[alexiscao]

Every time I watch a lecture delivered by Prof. Barbara, I just want to say: I love Prof. Barara for showing us such fanscinating biology with great clarity and enthusiasm.

[cswanson]

I don’t know why, but in my old age I am now finding biochemistry to be breathtakingly beautiful in its intricacy and ingenuity, while when I was young I found it to be a stultifying bore, a long arbitrary series of chemical names and reactions that just had to be memorized without any guiding principle or useful theme. Perhaps I have more time to turn things over in my mind and tease out the connections and patterns—I don’t have any exams to take or course schedule to follow.

[leonardofelisberto]

the way she draw this formulas is amazing

[sarahcarlson]

Thank you so much for these videos. I've been watching the whole series. You are an amazing teacher.

[adebajodolapo]

I will always pick the Hexagonal structure of glucose over the cyclical structure.

[woloabel]

(On Sunday of January 29, 2023). In the OpenCourseWare of MIT in the Domain of Introduction to Biology (More on the lines of Biochemistry): Carbohydrates and Glycoproteins; 1) Biochemical Activity in both the Eukaryotes and Prokaryote is Energy and Structure (In Particular to the Kingdom Plantea (In the Hexose Structure of Cellulose); 2) Ribose Monosaccharide (Fundamental Carbohydrate made Available for biosynthesis of Nucleic Acid and thereafter DNA/RNA Nucleic Acids; 3) Glucose as the Primary Substrate of Energy Producing By-Products (Pyruvate and Acetyl CoA) in Energy Biosynthesis for Most Animals and Prokaryotes (Photosynthesis of Plants Yields Glucose and as Such Are Primary Sources of Energy for All Life); PhD Barbara Imperiali is a marvelous Biochemist in the Guise of a Biologist. Es geht gut zu Lernen und Lehrer Die Chemie Des Lebens mit Ihnen. Heil!

[guilhermerl]

Man, I wish I had biochem classes with this professor!

[melissarainchild]

No dislikes! You're good, professor! Thanks for posting.

[tasoth]

When I was in the university, I was not interested in biology because it is not directly related to my major, computer science.
After graduation, I've got interested in biology and started to study biology.
These lectures keep me from losing interest on biology.
Thank you, professor and MIT :)

[RakeshBharadwaj]

Prof. Imperiali teaches, not lectures.
Excellent👌🏼👌🏼

[asyad]

For people who really attended or visited MIT before, who is this couple in the portrait on the left wall at 4:15? My guess is they're a couple of philanthropists who donated to build this lecture hall, but who exactly are they?

Note: I tried to google image them but to no avail.

[Seeking-hl]

Impressive way of teaching, I will surely follow you ma'm 👍

[tedrees]

Excellent clear lectures. Really helps to give colour and understanding to the recommended reading. Only complaint is I was unable to find copies of the nice summary slides anywhere on the open Mit site.

I’m using this course as prep for a genomic medicine M.Sc but I think it also provides helpful and interesting education for a wide range of biology related subject. Thanks!

[cecehedrick]

Thank you 🙏🏼 for telling us what the extra cellular matrix is❤

[triularity]

Now if she was really into comedy, at 12:19, she would have grabbed some sort of straight edge to help draw the beginning of the curve, while whistling nonchalantly. 😗😇

[Perrydog]

The goal is the alchemy of communication with my daughter ❤️

[samarkodwani]

Hello! Are the slides shown in the class accessible on the website?

[briseboy]

"Nature" = selection processes, with the most favorable being most amenable to survival and/or reproduction in some way. Better to say that evolution or selection favored, than "nature" has in place.
The former implies dynamical, the latter creating the illusion that stasis exists.
Stasis does not exist, unless for short periods, short meaning
rate of change relative to a described process
All the universe, all "nature", all systems, are dynamic, whether " living" or not.