Important Topics in Biochemistry for AIIMS-PG

AIIMS-PG Jan 2020 session is scheduled to be held on 17^th Nov. Hardly, a week is left and all the aspirants are busy in giving a final touch to their exam preparation.

To ease your revision for AIMS-PG, we approached our subject matter experts to share important biochemistry topics which are high-yielding & must be revised in the final days before AIIMS-PG.

Biochemistry Important Topics for AIIMS-PG

Importance of biochemistry for the AIIMS-PG or the NEET PG exam cannot be undermined as it holds significant weightage in the exam. Therefore, you must prepare the subject throughly, especially the high-yield important biochemistry topics listed below -

Topics	Sub-Topics
Carbohydrate	Glycogen Storage diseases Glycolysis TCA cycle Glycogen Metabolism Gluconeogenesis Mucopolysaccharidosis Glucose transporters Lactose intolerance Test for carbohydrates
Enzymes	Michaelis Menton Graph Regulation Kinetics
Amino acids and Proteins	Metabolism of Tyrosine, tryptophan & phenylalanine Positively charged and negatively charged amino acids Titration curves Isoelectric pH Essential and Non-essential Amino acids Chaperones Transamination & Urea cycle Methods of detection of protein structures Collagen Heme Synthesis Inborn errors of metabolism Phenylketonuria
Lipids	Sphingolipids Cholesterol synthesis Omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids Ketone body synthesis and utilization Rothera’s test Lipoproteins Fatty acid synthesis Hormone sensitive lipase Beta oxidation of fatty acids
Molecular biology	PCR and RT PCR DNA repair Codons Post transcriptional modifications Post translational modifications Mutation Heterochromatin Klenow fragment Mitochondrial DNA Sickle cell disease Pyrimidine synthesis Translation Nucleotides DNA methylation Genomic Imprinting Hybridisation techniques Blue white assay
Miscellaneous	Fuel for body in fed, fasting & starvation Respiratory Quotient Vitamins Source of energy for muscles Diabetes and insulin Zellweger syndrome Thermogenic effect

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