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9.8 Biochemistry of Movement
General information ATP - energy currency of the cell Carbohydrates
Fats - fuels for cells Proteins Muscle cells
Release of energy in cells Glycolysis ATP regeneration

General information

Biochemistry of Movement - from HSC Online, Charles Sturt University
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/options/movement/2934/ch975nov03.html

Biochemistry of Movement - a unit of work produced by students in the MTeach course at The University of Sydney, 2000
http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/methods/science/studentwork/Biochemistry_of_Movement.html

Collected images of glucose, glycerol etc - from Prentice Hall
http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/476/488316/ch19.html

Graphics Gallery - at Access Excellence includes graphics of Cell Processes (An Outline of Glycolysis, Anaerobic Breakdown of Pyruvate, A Simple Overview of the Citric Acid Cycle and more), view on-line in colour or download in pdf for printing
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/GG/

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) from Cornell University, explore menu at top of page
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/Courses/ns421/BMR.html

Topics in sport - Nutrition - from the Australian Sports Commisssion - a page of useful links`
http://www.ausport.gov.au/info/topics/nutrition.asp

AIS Sports Nutrition - from Australian Istitute of Sport
http://www.ais.org.au/nutrition/index.asp

AIS Sports Nutrition - Current Concepts in Sports Nutrition - 56 page booklet downloadable as .pdf, from Australian Istitute of Sport
http://www.ais.org.au/nutrition/documents/CurrentConcepts.pdf

CNSHP Sports Nutrition Infoline - from Center for Nutrition in Sport and Human Performance, University of Massachusetts
http://www.umass.edu/cnshp/newsletter.html

SPORT NUTRITION at sportsci.org - articles related to sports nutrition on topics such as carbohydrates, sport drinks and oils, from Sportscience (A Peer-Reviewed Site for Sport Research)
http://www.sportsci.org/jour/sportnutr.html

Food Insight Articles - a series of on-line articles on all aspects of food from the International Food Information Council Foundation, or download a complete issue in pdf, also archives of past issues
http://ific.org/foodinsight/

Food Safety and Nutrition Information - from the International Food Information Council Foundation
http://ific.org/food/?PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcfc9c8cbcbc7cec5cecfcfcfc5cecfc9c6c6cec7cbc8cdc5cf


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ATP - energy currency for the cell

Adenosine triphospahte - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate

ATP and energy - from HSC Online
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/options/movement/2930/ch971nov03.html

Flowchart - from HSC Online
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/options/movement/2930/971_fig3.jpg

How Cells make ATP - from University of Miami
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/makeatp/makeatp.htm

Mitochondria - from Gondar Design Biology for GCSE Biology, UK
http://www.purchon.com/biology/mitochondria.htm

Mitochondria: Architecture dictates function - from Cell Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, includes the products of glycolysis
http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/mitoch1.htm

Electron Transport Chain - diagram from University of Sydney
http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bio/metabolism/summary.html

The Krebs Cycle - source uncertain
http://www.incolor.com/mcanaday/main.htm

Cellular Respiration - from Kimball's Biology Pages
http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/C/CellularRespiration.html

Cellular respiration - from University of Cinncinnati, Clermont
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/cellresp.htm

Study Guide for Cellular repiration - Stuttgart School District, USA
http://sps.k12.ar.us/massengale/cell_respiration_sudy_guide_b1.htm


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Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates- from HSC Online
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/options/movement/2931/ch972jul04.html

Glycogen - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycogen

Glycogen Sturcture - image from Oregon State University
http://oregonstate.edu/instruction/bb450/stryer/ch21/Slide24.jpg

Glycogenesis, Glycogenolysis, and Gluconeogenesis - click link to get a larger diagram, from Virtual ChemBook, Elmhurst College
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/604glycogenesis.html

Nutrition - includes a Calorie calculator (Imperial) to determine amount of carbohydrate, protein and fat necessary to maintain a training regime, from Sports Coach
http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/nutrit.htm

Winning Nutrition for Athletes - from US Government
http://www.fitness.gov/nutrition.html


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Fats - fuels for cells

The Giant Molecules of Life - Lipids and Polysaccharides - illustrated summary, from Brooklyn College
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/SDPS/SD.PS.LipPol.html

Lipids: Fats, Oils, Waxes, etc. - from University of Cinncinnati, Clermont
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/lipids.htm

Lipids - from Michigan State University
http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/lipids.htm

Functional groups - from Aus-E-tute
http://www.ausetute.com.au/fungroup.html

Fats - from HSC Online
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/options/movement/2936/ch973jul04.html

Glycolysis, the first stage of respiration - from HSC Online
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/options/movement/2933/ch977jul04.html

Triacylglycerols - from GP Notebook
http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/cache/-798293956.htm

TAG Synthesis Diagram - from St John's University
http://employees.csbsju.edu/hjakubowski/classes/ch331/lipidstruct/TAGsynthesis.gif

Cellular Fates of Triacylglycerols - PowerPoint Presentation with some helpful diagrams
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/bmp/ccmd793/beattie/lipids.gradcourse.ppt

The Liquid State - includes viscosity of glycerol, from University of Waterloo, Canada
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c123/liquid.html

Properties of Fats and Oils Laboratory - laboratory activity, .pdf file includes emulsions, from University of Wisconsin
http://www.wisc.edu/foodsafety/fatsandoilslaboratory.pdf


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Proteins

Biochemistry in 3D-Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry - a collection of interactive tutorials using 3D structures to teach concepts in Biochemistry, includes proteins, requires Chime
http://www.worthpublishers.com/lehninger3d/

Molecules in Motion - from the University of Massachusetts, includes proteins, requires Chime
http://www.umass.edu/molvis/freichsman/

Proteins - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteins

Protein Structure - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_structure

Enzymes - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymes

What is an enzyme? - from Northland College, requires Flash
http://programs.northlandcollege.edu/biology/Biology1111/animations/enzyme.swf

PROTEIN DENATURATION - from Ohio State University
http://class.fst.ohio-state.edu/FST822/lectures/Denat.htm


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Types of muscle cells

The Introduction to Muscle Physiology and Design - from the Muscle Physiology Home Page, The University of California, San Diego
http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro/jump.shtml

CONTRACTION IN ACTION - a lesson plan from the Access Excellence collection
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/1996/lazaroff_contraction.html

Components of Striated Muscle - image from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Publishers
http://connection.lww.com/Products/porth7e/documents/Ch04/jpg/04_024.jpg

Striated Muscle Cell image - image from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Publishers
http://connection.lww.com/Products/porth7e/documents/Ch04/jpg/04_025.jpg

Type I and Type II Muscle Fibres - from Kimball's Biology pages
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/M/Muscles.html#SlowVsFast

Type 2 Muscle Fibres - source uncertain
http://home.hia.no/~stephens/fibtype2.htm

Muscle Fiber Types and Training - from MASTERS TRACK AND FIELD (ATHLETICS)
http://www.coachr.org/fiber.htm

MUSCLE STRUCTURE & FUNCTION - from Dr Illingworth at School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, includes Skeletal muscle fibre types
http://www.bmb.leeds.ac.uk/illingworth/muscle/

Muscles - from Sports Coach Home Page, includes Muscle Types and Muscle Training
http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/muscle.htm

FAT METABOLISM DURING EXERCISE - from Gatorade Sports Science Institute
http://www.gssiweb.com/reflib/refs/32/d000000020000006d.cfm?pid=38

Fatty Acid oxidation - detailed notes from Indiana State University
http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/fatty-acid-oxidation.html


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Release of energy in cells

Energy flow in cells - .pdf document, from Bellevue Community College
http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/rkr/Biology101/lectures/pdfs/Energy101.pdf


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Glycolysis

Glycolytic Cycle Image - image from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Publishers
http://connection.lww.com/Products/porth7e/documents/Ch04/jpg/04_015.jpg

A Detailed Diagram of Glycolysis - animation of the process from the University of Virginia
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/glycol.html

Production of acetyl CoA - from Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/Acetyl_CoA.html

Formation of Acetyl CoA from Pyruvic Acid -from Elmhurst College
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/613acetylcoa.html


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