Vocabulary.

amino acid

biopolymer

cell membrane

transport

complex (adj)

endocrine system

engage (v)

enzyme-catalyzed

reaction

give rise to (v)

govern (v)

in terms of

interchangeable

lipids

living matter

metabolism

monomer

nucleic acid

occur (v)

protein

subunit

transduction

2. Fill in the gaps in these sentences:

1) Biochemistry is the study of ______ in living organisms.

2) Much of biochemistry deals with ______of cellular components such as ________.

3) Over the last ______ years biochemistry has become so successful at explaining living processes.

4) Today the main focus of pure biochemistry is in ______ how biological molecules give rise to the processes that ______within living cells.

5) Each class of polymeric ______ has a different set of subunit types.

6) ______ is a polymer whose subunits are selected from a set of 20 or more amino acids.

7) The biochemistry of cell ______and the ______system has been extensively described.

8) Researchers in biochemistry use specific ______ native to biochemistry.

9) Today the terms _______and biochemistry are nearly interchangeable.

3. Make sentences in English with words stated below:

a) govern, give rise to, engage, occur;

b) protein, amino acid, carbohydrates, lipid, amino acid, endocrine system.

4. Circle any additional unknown words/phrases in the article. In pairs/groups, use your dictionaries to understand the meanings. Write definitions to 3 of them.