100 COMMON BIOCHEMISTRY ABBREVIATIONS
The following are 100 common biochemistry abbreviations and their meaning, given that Biochemistry is a complex field with many abbreviations used to represent various molecules, processes, and concepts:
- DNA – Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- RNA – Ribonucleic Acid
- ATP – Adenosine Triphosphate
- NAD+ – Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
- NADH – Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (reduced form)
- FAD – Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide
- FADH2 – Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide (reduced form)
- AMP – Adenosine Monophosphate
- GTP – Guanosine Triphosphate
- GDP – Guanosine Diphosphate
- cAMP – Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
- tRNA – Transfer RNA
- mRNA – Messenger RNA
- rRNA – Ribosomal RNA
- tRNA – Transfer RNA
- DNAase – Deoxyribonuclease
- RNAase – Ribonuclease
- PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction
- EDTA – Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
- SDS – Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
- PBS – Phosphate-Buffered Saline
- BSA – Bovine Serum Albumin
- HPLC – High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
- UV – Ultraviolet
- IR – Infrared
- MS – Mass Spectrometry
- NMR – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- GC – Gas Chromatography
- TLC – Thin-Layer Chromatography
- HPLC – High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
- RFLP – Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
- PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction
- CRISPR – Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
- Cas9 – CRISPR-associated protein 9
- DNAse I – Deoxyribonuclease I
- RNAse A – Ribonuclease A
- RT-PCR – Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Western Blot – Immunoblotting
- ELISA – Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- DNA ligase – DNA Ligase
- DNA polymerase – DNA Polymerase
- RNA polymerase – RNA Polymerase
- GFP – Green Fluorescent Protein
- FRET – Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
- NTP – Nucleoside Triphosphate
- PEP – Phosphoenolpyruvate
- PFK – Phosphofructokinase
- PKA – Protein Kinase A
- PKC – Protein Kinase C
- GPCR – G Protein-Coupled Receptor
- IP3 – Inositol Trisphosphate
- DAG – Diacylglycerol
- cGMP – Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
- cAMP – Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
- 2,3-BPG – 2,3-Bisphosphoglycerate
- AMPK – AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
- JNK – c-Jun N-terminal Kinase
- MAPK – Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
- PIP2 – Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
- PIP3 – Phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate
- G6P – Glucose 6-Phosphate
- PEPCK – Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase
- ATPase – Adenosine Triphosphatase
- ADP – Adenosine Diphosphate
- AMP – Adenosine Monophosphate
- HK – Hexokinase
- LDH – Lactate Dehydrogenase
- SDH – Succinate Dehydrogenase
- TCA – Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
- CoA – Coenzyme A
- NADP+ – Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate
- NADPH – Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate (reduced form)
- GSH – Glutathione
- ROS – Reactive Oxygen Species
- NO – Nitric Oxide
- NOS – Nitric Oxide Synthase
- LDL – Low-Density Lipoprotein
- HDL – High-Density Lipoprotein
- VLDL – Very Low-Density Lipoprotein
- mRNA – Messenger RNA
- tRNA – Transfer RNA
- rRNA – Ribosomal RNA
- snRNA – Small Nuclear RNA
- siRNA – Small Interfering RNA
- miRNA – MicroRNA
- lncRNA – Long Non-Coding RNA
- PTC – Polypeptide Chain Termination
- RBS – Ribosome Binding Site
- ORF – Open Reading Frame
- UTR – Untranslated Region
- Start codon – AUG
- Stop codon – UAA, UAG, UGA
- IRES – Internal Ribosome Entry Site
- CRP – C-reactive Protein
- IgG – Immunoglobulin G
- IgM – Immunoglobulin M
- IgA – Immunoglobulin A
- IgE – Immunoglobulin E
- IgD – Immunoglobulin D
- MHC – Major Histocompatibility Complex
These are just a few of the many abbreviations used in the field of biochemistry. The list can be much longer and may vary depending on specific subfields and research areas within biochemistry.
More of these abbreviations will be given in subsequent posts.
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